No, the head of the World Health Organization has not emailed you – it's a message laced with malware

2020-03-23 07:02

As happens every time there is a major news event, scumbags exploit the public's interest to spread malware.

This time, criminals have picked on the World Health Organization's handling of the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

While most Reg readers know better than to fall for these scams, it is worth pointing out to keep less tech-savvy friends and family safe in these times of panic.

"Vulnerabilities are possible if Drupal is configured to use the WYSIWYG CKEditor for your site's users," Drupal says of the fix.

"We reverted the change for an undetermined amount of time to better enable access to critical government sites sharing COVID19 information," Mozilla says.

News URL

https://go.theregister.co.uk/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/23/security_roundup_march20/

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