Mimecast cyber crime activity report: 100 Days of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

guest · May 9, 2020

Mimecast report: 100 days of coronavirus
May 7, 2020
https://www.itweb.co.za/content/KWEBb7yZzZjMmRjO/pXnWJadMba7bjO1e

The volume of cyber crime attacks has increased by 33% from January to March 2020, according to a new Mimecast report.
Called '100 Days of Coronavirus', the report tracks cyber crime activity since the start of the coronavirus outbreak.

It found that spam and opportunistic cyber crime detections increased by 26.3%, impersonation fraud detections by 30.3%, malware detections by 35.16%, and blocking of URL clicks by 55.8%, meaning people are more likely now to click on unsafe links than before the outbreak.

Carl Wearn, Mimecast’s head of e-crime, says: “Spam increased by 46%, impersonation saw a 75% increase and there was a massive 385% increase in malware. Additionally, we picked up a 97% increase in unsafe clicks by users over the three-month period.”
More than 115 000 COVID-19 related spoof domains that are designed to steal personal information have been detected since January, he dds.
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Mimecast: "100 Days of Coronavirus (COVID-19) - May 2020"
(PDF - 1.08 MB): https://www.mimecast.com/globalassets/cyber-resilience-content/100-days-of-coronavirus-threat-intelligence.pdf

There have been significant increases to the volume of all threats, particularly those already high
in volume such as spam and impersonation. The determination of threat actors to take advantage
of the unique circumstances and, therefore, opportunities the current pandemic and its attendant fear and uncertainty present should not be underestimated.

Threat actors will always seek opportunities for exploiting chaos, confusion, and uncertainty to their advantage.
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