![]() SEE: Phishing attacks: A guide for IT pros (free PDF) (TechRepublic Premium) Bitcoin donation sought But instead of taking you to another page, your information is passed on to hackers who will then use it to access your email account. The link in the email takes you to a page that looks almost exactly like Microsoft Outlook and asks for users to enter their login information. The link appears to point to the legitimate CDC website: cdc.gov,” Vergelis wrote. “The letters claim that the CDC has ‘established a management system to coordinate a domestic and international public health response’ and urge recipients to open a page that allegedly contains information about new cases of infection around their city. In a blog post, Kaspersky researcher Maria Vergelis explained that they found phishing emails coming from “,” instead of the CDC’s real domain at cdc.gov, that claim to have vital information about the coronavirus. ![]() SEE: Coronavirus having major effect on tech industry beyond supply chain delays (free PDF) (TechRepublic) ![]() Now, Kaspersky and Sophos have found phishing emails from cybercriminals purporting to be from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization that are attempts to steal email credentials and other information. ![]() Last week, IBM and Kaspersky caught hackers in Japan trying to spread malware through emails with links about the coronavirus outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in January.
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