Security News > 2020 > June > The inevitable coronavirus-inspired cyber-attacks are stepping up. Are you ready?

You've probably had the COVID-19 coronavirus social-engineering scams quietly filtering into, hopefully, your junk folder by now.

While it makes a change from exclusive offers to help transport millions in lost wealth from Ghana to Switzerland, or demands to hand over Bitcoin to retain sovereignty over your "Interesting" pornographic preferences, there's a real danger with crooks pivoting to exploiting the coronavirus pandemic.

This means spam, spoofs, phishing and whaling attacks all have a much higher chance of hitting.

He'll also focus on how email security can be stepped up for employees still working remotely in lockdown conditions.

There will also be a conversation around how, as "The new normal" becomes ever-more normal, an organisation can begin planning the best security arrangements for long-term homeworking, as society prepares to get back on its feet at its own pace.

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