Recently INTERPOL has issued a warning about the rising levels of cybercriminal activity related to the COVID- 19 pandemic. The problem is the report states these attacks are likely to continue even if a vaccine for the virus is found.
The INTERPOL report states there has been a significant increase of cybercriminals registering domain names containing keywords, such as “coronavirus” or “COVID”. From February to March 2020, there was a 569% growth in malicious registrations and a 788% growth in high-risk registrations, according to the report.
The report also finds usage of data harvesting malware such as spyware, Remote Access Trojan, info stealers, and banking Trojans as part of COVID-19 attack is on the rise and that cybercriminals have become more adaptive at accurately estimating the maximum amount of ransom they can demand from organizations that fall victim to ransomware attacks.
INTERPOL is warning both individuals and organizations to be on guard when it comes to cybersecurity as more and more people work from home they need to be wary of business email compromises schemes through which criminals trick finance departments to wire funds to pay off bogus invoices.
