Now day’s (CVOID-19) is spreading across the world at a much higher rate and some of them want’s to take advantage of this virus.So, the attacker’s have made thousand’s of fake websites related to CVOID-19 and they are using these websites as a bait to steal the information of the user’s who are visiting these website’s to gain information about the coronavirus .
This outbreak condition is a blessing in disguise for the attacker’s .Now according to the report that is published by the checkpoint Research the hacker’s are exploiting the CVOID-19 outbreak to unfurl their infection by selling malicious domain names on the dark web and offering discounts related to it by using the discount codes such as “coronavirus” or “CVOID-19”
A graphical representation of the people registering for the coronavirus domains weekly
And it is found by these that it increasing 10 times after each passing week’s and more than 2200 website’s domain registered through this process have been found suspicious and more than 100 website’s have been found malicious.
Some of the tools available for purchase at a discounted price include “WinDefender bypass” and “Build to bypass email and chrome security.”
So to grab authentic information regarding this outbreak and be secured from it
1) Use trusted sources, such as legitimate government websites — for up-to-date, fact-based information about COVID-19.
2) Watch out for emails and files received from unknown senders
3)Individuals should keep away from using unauthorized personal devices for work, and ensure “personal devices will need to have the same level of security
4)Businesses should ensure that secure remote access technologies are in place and configured correctly, including the use of multi-factor authentication
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