Google sees resurgence in state-backed hacking, phishing related to COVID-19 - Comment from an Opentext company Webroot
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Google sees resurgence in state-backed hacking, phishing related to COVID-19 - Comment from an Opentext company Webroot Yesterday, Google’s Threat Analysis Group saw new activity from “hack-for-hire” firms (many based in India), that are creating Gmail accounts spoofing the World Health Organization (WHO). These accounts primarily targeted business leaders in financial services, consulting and healthcare corporations in numerous countries including the United States, Slovenia, Canada, India, Bahrain, Cyprus and UK, the company said. Kelvin Murray, Senior Threat Research Analyst at Webroot: “We’ve seen larger organisations continue to be targeted for cyber-attacks throughout Covid-19. According to Webroot’s 2019 Annual Threat Report, we found that Phishing URLs grew by 640% throughout last year, and it’s because it’s a relatively simple and easy way for attackers to target a large volume of individuals. Our research also revealed that household names such as PayPal, Google and Microsoft topped the most impersonated from the last 12 months – but phishing tactics evolve and shift with the news agenda too.
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