TRENDING
“
IF ONE THING IS
FOR CERTAIN, THE
PANDEMIC WE’RE
LIVING IN TODAY
HAS CAUSED
SIGNIFICANT
CHALLENGES.
In addition, malware-centric campaigns
have been a fixture of 2020 and have
become increasingly sophisticated. A
total of 42 significant campaigns were
identified during the six-month period that
the report covers.
The campaigns showed a significant uptick
in the use of short-lived, high volume,
targeted and hybridized attacks against
many sectors of the US economy. Mimecast
researchers believe it is highly likely a
consequence of threat actors targeting
industries that remained opened during the
‘stay at home’ period in the US, as well as
those essential to the nation’s recovery from
the current pandemic.
Interestingly, the media and publishing
sectors suffered high volumes of
impersonation attacks, potentially as
a vehicle for cybercriminals to spread
disinformation across the US.
“If one thing is for certain, the pandemic
we’re living in today has caused significant
challenges. We’ve continued to see threat
actors tap into the vulnerabilities of humans
and launch campaign after campaign with
a COVID-19 hook, in attempt to get users
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