COVID-19 Cyber Threats
Since there is a huge focus on the spreading pandemic and attackers taking advantage of this to lure victims into opening attachments on malicious emails and click on phishing links. This is a very widespread attack and not directly coming from one source, rather many sources. The following are confirmed malicious emails using subjects containing COVID-19 or related keywords carrying RATs such as Netwire, NanoCore and LokiBot. Subject examples:
The file attachments
The targets of these attacks (this could be anyone) are mostly directed towards government healthcare organizations, medical research universities, industrial manufacturing firms, and research institutes. Subject examples:
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I feel like these attacks could be very detrimental, especially if your team has the bad habit of not paying attention to what they open. You should always be aware of the risks involved with opening emails and the repercussions that can be catastrophic. As long as these are hammered in then your team should have a good understanding of malicious emails and what to look out for.