Positive Technologies finds 13% of phishing attacks in Q1 were related to COVID-19

guest · Jul 17, 2020

#COVID19 Accounted for Massive Increase in Q1 Phishing Trends
July 16, 2020
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/covid19-massive-q1-phishing/

Just over 10% of all phishing attempts in Q1 were related to COVID-19.

According to research by Positive Technologies, 13% of phishing attacks were related to COVID-19 and the number of attacks increased by 22.5% from what was seen in Q4 of 2019. Yana Avezova, analyst at Positive Technologies, said: “Hackers were quick to use common concerns about coronavirus as lures in phishing emails. One out of every five emails was sent to government agencies.”

The research also determined there were 23 “very active” APT groups whose attacks in Q1 2020 mostly targeted government agencies, industrial, financial and medical institutions.
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Jamie Akhtar, CEO and co-founder of CyberSmart, said the report isn’t surprising, as there was an “enormous spike in phishing campaigns, fake websites and social profiles that were deliberately impersonating COVID-19 and healthcare-related authorities as hackers exploited the unprepared public.”
He added: “Many of these phishing emails can be extremely convincing and are not likely to end soon.
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