Articles tagged with COVID-19

Google force installs Massachusetts MassNotify Android COVID app

Google is force-installing a Massachusetts COVID-19 tracking app on residents' Android devices without an easy way to uninstall it.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 19, 2021
- 04:14 PM
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US seizes more domains used in COVID-19 vaccine phishing attacks

The US Department of Justice has seized a fifth domain name used to impersonate the official site of a biotechnology company involved in COVID-19 vaccine development.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 09, 2021
- 03:20 PM
- 0
Over 8 million COVID-19 test results leaked online

Millions of COVID-19 test reports were found to be publicly accessible due to flawed online system implementation.
- Ax Sharma
- February 24, 2021
- 09:00 PM
- 0
US govt: Number of identity theft reports doubled last year

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said today that the number of identity theft reports has doubled during 2020 when compared to 2019, reaching a record 1.4 million reports within a single year.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 01, 2021
- 03:10 PM
- 1
Phishing campaign lures US businesses with fake PPP loans

Threat actors are sending phishing emails impersonating a Small Business Administration (SBA) lender to prey on US business owners who want to apply for a PPP loan to keep their business going during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 01, 2021
- 02:15 PM
- 0
Beware of this active UK NHS COVID-19 vaccination phishing attack

A very active phishing campaign is underway pretending to be from the UK's National Health Service (NHS), alerting recipients that they are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 25, 2021
- 06:27 PM
- 0
Hackers leaked altered Pfizer data to sabotage trust in vaccines

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) today revealed that some of the stolen Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine candidate data was doctored by threat actors before being leaked online with the end goal of undermining the public's trust in COVID-19 vaccines.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 15, 2021
- 01:43 PM
- 0
Hackers leak stolen Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine data online

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) today revealed that some of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data stolen from its servers in December was leaked online.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 12, 2021
- 11:46 AM
- 5
Indian government sites leaking patient COVID-19 test results

Multiple Indian government department websites are leaking COVID-19 lab test results for patients online. These reports uploaded by testing labs across the country as part of the national 'test, trace, isolate' efforts, expose patient's details, test site location, COVID-19 test results, dates, and the healthcare provider's info.
- Ax Sharma
- January 05, 2021
- 04:45 AM
- 0
US Treasury warns of ransomware targeting COVID-19 vaccine research

The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) warned financial institutions of ransomware actively targeting vaccine research organizations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 29, 2020
- 09:18 AM
- 1
North Korean state hackers breach COVID-19 research entities

North Korean nation-state hackers tracked as the Lazarus Group have recently compromised organizations involved in COVID-19 research and vaccine development.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 24, 2020
- 12:00 PM
- 0
FBI warns of ongoing COVID-19 vaccine related fraud schemes

US federal agencies have warned about scammers exploiting the public's interest in the COVID-19 vaccine to harvest personal information and steal money through multiple ongoing and emerging fraud schemes.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 22, 2020
- 10:52 AM
- 0
US seizes domains used for COVID-19 vaccine phishing attacks

The US Department of Justice has seized two domain names used to impersonate the official websites of biotechnology companies Moderna and Regeneron involved in the development of COVID-19 vaccines.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 21, 2020
- 12:28 PM
- 0
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine documents accessed in EMA cyberattack

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) responsible for COVID-19 vaccine approval has suffered a cyberattack of an undisclosed nature, according to a statement posted on their website.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 09, 2020
- 01:51 PM
- 2
Hackers target EU Commission, COVID-19 cold chain supply orgs

IBM X-Force warned of threat actors actively targeting organizations associated with the COVID-19 vaccine cold chain in a large scale spear-phishing campaign that has started three months ago, in September 2020.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 03, 2020
- 09:54 AM
- 0
Crooks impersonate US govt agencies offering financial aid

Cybercriminals looking to steal personal information are baiting U.S. citizens with emails purporting to be from government agencies offering federal assistance.
- Ionut Ilascu
- November 24, 2020
- 04:30 PM
- 0
Canada suffers cyberattack used to steal COVID-19 relief payments

Canadian government sites used to provide access to crucial services for immigration, taxes, pension, and benefits have been breached in a coordinated attack to steal COVID-19 relief payments.
- Ax Sharma
- August 16, 2020
- 10:37 AM
- 0
Emotet malware strikes U.S. businesses with COVID-19 spam

The Emotet malware has begun to spam COVID-19 related emails to U.S. businesses after not being active for most of the USA pandemic.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 14, 2020
- 12:39 PM
- 0
Expired certificate led to an undercount of COVID-19 results

An expired certificate and outage led to an undercounting of COVID-19 cases reported in California after 250,00-300,000 lab results were prevented from being uploaded to California's CalREDIE reporting system.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 13, 2020
- 04:36 PM
- 1
CISA alerts of phishing attack targeting SBA loan relief accounts

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday released an alert about phishing attacks targeting various government organizations to steal logins for the Small Business Administration COVID-19 loan relief accounts.
- Ionut Ilascu
- August 13, 2020
- 03:28 AM
- 0