COVID-19 relief package provides another platform for bad actors
Summary: Cisco Talos reported that the CARES Act, signed into law on March 27 to deliver stimulus checks to Americans, is being used as a lure in COVID-19-themed attacks aimed at getting victims to click malicious links and attachments or divulge personal information. Talos said it has already detected an increase in suspicious stimulus-based domains being registered and expects them to be used in malicious campaigns.
Key Takeaway: Attackers move to whatever money or fear is in the headlines, and Talos is already seeing stimulus-themed domains registered before the checks have gone out - so the phishing wave is being built now, ahead of the payments.
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