Government officials in the U.S., U.K. and Canada issued a joint advisory Thursday warning that the Russian hacking group APT29 - also known as "Cozy Bear" and the "Dukes" - is targeting research organizations in those countries involved in COVID-19 vaccine development.
July 16, 2020 : Info Risk Today
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of brute-force attacks targeting remote desktop protocol connections used with Windows devices has steadily increased, spiking to 100,000 incidents per day in April and May, according to an analysis by security firm ESET.
June 30, 2020 : Info Risk Today
A social media storm kicked up late Saturday and Sunday as Chase banking customers panicked when it seemed as if money suddenly vanished from their bank accounts.
June 29, 2020 : Detroit Free Press
Scammers are marketing fraudulent and/or unapproved COVID-19 antibody tests, potentially providing false results. In addition, fraudsters are seeking to obtain individuals’ personal information (names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, etc.) and personal health information, including Medicare and/or private health insurance information, which can be used in future medical insurance or identity theft schemes.
June 26, 2020 : FBI
Fraudsters are now deploying the IcedID banking Trojan via phishing campaigns that use the COVID-19 pandemic as one of several lures, according to Juniper Threat Labs.
June 23, 2020 : Bank Info Security