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Anonymous ID: a0e3f3 March 22, 2020, 10:24 a.m. No.8517723   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7740 >>7793

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/20/crowdstrike-sees-phishing-attack-uptick-during-coronavirus-crisis.html

 

Crowdstrike reports a ‘real uptick in phishing campaigns’ during coronavirus crisis

 

“We’ve seen a real uptick in phishing campaigns using COVID-19 and malware associated with that in these emails,” Kurtz said in a “Mad Money” interview. “When there’s chaos and there’s this fear in the street that’s when the adversary tends to strike hardest.”

 

COVID-19 is the deadly disease caused by the fast-spreading coronavirus.

 

As workplaces across the country have shutdown and more employees work remotely during the pandemic, a CNBC survey found that more than one in three executives have seen an spike in cyberthreats to their systems. The survey included tech leaders at large companies, along with government and nonprofit organizations.

 

Cyber scams was said to have rose 40% at one organization. A phishing scam is one, usually via email, where online criminals try to access sensitive information, i.e. log in and credit card details, by presenting themselves as a trustworthy figure.

 

“Now is the time, when there’s chaos and there’s fear and people are worried about their family [and] they’re not in the office … [that] they’re going to strike,” Kurtz said. “As these remote users get up and running with their own stacks, whether it’s Zoom or Slack, they’re going to need protection like Crowdstrike, and we’re there for them.”

 

With communities, the government and corporations adjusting to a new world disrupted by the virus pandemic, Crowdstrike has dropped surge costs as clients lean heavily on remote work services, Kurtz added.