Coronavirus (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic, upending economies, livelihoods, schools and hospital systems—nearly every facet of everyday life has been touched. Such uncertainty and fear surrounding the virus and its impact represents a golden opportunity for threat actors to exploit the situation. By using social engineering tactics such as spam and spear phishing campaigns with COVID-19 as a lure, cybercriminals and threat actors increase the likelihood of successful attack.
