CISA, U.K. Agency Issue Alert on Spike in Coronavirus-Themed Cyber Activity

NextGov: Cyber criminals and advanced persistent threat groups are ramping up exploitation of the COVID-19 pandemic in their malicious operations, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre said in a joint alert Wednesday.

According to the release, malicious actors and APTs (which are generally backed by or associated with nation-states) are attacking old, new and quickly-deployed teleworking infrastructure and also using coronavirus-themed “lures” in phishing attempts and to distribute malware and ransomware.

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