Security News > 2020 > March > Researchers Track Coronavirus-Themed Cyberattacks
Researchers from Cybereason Nocturnus have been tracking the rise and variety of such attacks, which now include phishing, fake apps and ransomware.
Beyond phishing, criminals have targeted home workers with fake apps offering coronavirus information, and false VPNs taking advantage of corporate advice to stay home and use VPNs. Reason Labs' Shai Alfasi found a fake 'coronavirus map' offering information on the spread of the pandemic, but hiding an AZORult-related infostealer.
On March 16, 2020, CyberArk security researcher Shaked Reiner reported a new ransomware actually called CoronaVirus, being distributed via a fake website that pretends to be the legitimate WiseCeaner.com.
The fake website downloads both the Kpot information stealer and the CoronaVirus ransomware.
The coronavirus pandemic has spawned a coronavirus malware epidemic, where everyone and every organization is a potential target.