From hacks to COVID-19 spear-phishing campaigns, there's no doubt the pandemic is aiding a surge in cybercrime.
The report says that the hack, which was conducted over several hours, overloaded the HHS servers with millions. In a statement, Caitlin Oakley, spokesperson for HHS, confirms:"HHS has an IT infrastructure with risk-based security controls continuously monitored in order to detect and address cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities. On Sunday, we became aware of a significant increase in activity on HHS cyberinfrastructure and are fully operational as we actively investigate the matter.
Further, another Chinese cluster targeted Mongolia with a coronavirus lure using POISONIVY malware—a backdoor widely available in the underground market. According to Read, the document shared contained"official statistics on infections in Mongolia" and was focused on the Mongolian government. "We've seen financially motivated actors using coronavirus-themed phishing in many campaigns, with dramatic month-over-month volume increases from January through to today," the company told."We expect continued use by both opportunistic and targeted financially motivated attackers due to the global relevance of the theme."
"By taking advantage of current events, threat actors are better able to increase their chances of gaining access to targets of interest," he explains."[FireEye] anticipates that malicious actors will continue to exploit populations' senses of urgency, fear, goodwill and mistrust to enhance their operations, particularly regarding events within the medical field, government announcements, economic implications, deaths of high-profile individuals, and civil disturbances.
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