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600% increase in COVID-19 related phishing attacks

by SophieDowdell
April 16, 2020
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In its Q1 2020 Top-Clicked Phishing Report, security firm KnowBe4 revealed that phishing email attacks related to COVID-19 increased by 600% in the first quarter of the year. According to the firm, 45 percent of all phishing attacks asked Internet users to either check or type in their passwords on malicious domains that spoofed legitimate ones. The second most popular phishing attacks used COVID-19-related themes to create urgency and anxiety among recipients worldwide. The rest of the phishing attacks mainly targeted social media users and asked potential victims to check their emails for new login alerts, password resets and unauthorised access alerts.

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