Security News > 2020 > August > Cybercriminals are developing and boosting their attacks

In one four-month period some 907,000 spam messages, 737 incidents related to malware and 48,000 malicious URLs - all related to COVID-19 - were detected by one of INTERPOL's private sector partners.

"Cybercriminals are developing and boosting their attacks at an alarming pace, exploiting the fear and uncertainty caused by the unstable social and economic situation created by COVID-19," said Jürgen Stock, INTERPOL Secretary General.

By deploying COVID-19 themed phishing emails, often impersonating government and health authorities, cybercriminals entice victims into providing their personal data and downloading malicious content.

Using COVID-19 related information as a lure, threat actors infiltrate systems to compromise networks, steal data, divert money and build botnets.

Taking advantage of the increased demand for medical supplies and information on COVID-19, there has been a significant increase of cybercriminals registering domain names containing keywords, such as "Coronavirus" or "COVID".

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