Security News > 2020 > April > In COVID-19 Scam Scramble, Cybercrooks Recycle Phishing Kits

Akamai researchers have seen recycled phishing kits from as far back as July being used in coronavirus-based phishing attacks now.

While most of these URLs are new, the phishing kits that operate in the background are not.

In February, just 19 domains using one of the phishing kits in circulation were reused tools.

"The recycling and repurposing of phishing kits themselves are indicative of the turnkey, industrial nature of the phishing industry," Katz said.

Cisco Talos recently stated that it has observed a significant increase in phishing attacks leveraging COVID 19, as well as recent economic stimulus information from the US Government.

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https://threatpost.com/covid-19-scam-scramble-cybercrooks-recycle/154383/