{"id":3732,"date":"2020-03-18T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T19:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=3732"},"modified":"2020-03-18T13:30:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T19:30:17","slug":"hackers-created-thousands-of-coronavirus-covid-19-related-sites-as-bait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=3732","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Created Thousands of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Related Sites As Bait"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hackers Created Thousands of Coronavirus and COVID-19 Related Websites as Bait for Fake Shopping Deals, Spreading Malware, and Phishing Attacks.<\/p>\n

As the world comes to grips with the coronavirus pandemic<\/a>, the situation has proven to be a blessing in disguise for threat actors, who’ve taken advantage of the opportunity to target victims with scams or malware campaigns.<\/p>\n

Now, according to a new report published by Check Point Research today and shared with The Hacker News, hackers are exploiting the COVID-19 outbreak to spread their own infections, including registering malicious Coronavirus-related domains and selling discounted off-the-shelf malware in the dark web.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Hackers Created Thousands of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Related Sites As Bait<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Hackers Created Thousands of Coronavirus and COVID-19 Related Websites as Bait for Fake Shopping Deals, Spreading Malware, and Phishing Attacks. As the world comes to grips with the coronavirus pandemic, the situation has proven to be a blessing in disguise for threat actors, who’ve taken advantage of the opportunity to…<\/p>\n

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