Security News > 2020 > April > Google Sees Millions of COVID-19-Related Malicious Emails Daily
2020-04-17 15:54
Over the past week, Google has observed more than 18 million malware and phishing emails related to COVID-19 being sent out every day.
On a daily basis, Gmail blocks 100 million phishing emails.
Last week, Microsoft said it saw around 60,000 daily phishing emails carrying COVID-19 lures, but that they represented less than 2% of the total phishing attempts.
"The phishing attacks and scams we're seeing use both fear and financial incentives to create urgency to try to prompt users to respond," Google says.
Other malicious emails target employees operating in a work-from-home setting, or attempt to phish small businesses by making reference to government stimulus packages and imitating government institutions.