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Goggle's Threat Analysis Group says in a blog post that some have tried to trick people into downloading malware by impersonating international health organizations.
Google’s security team says it has identified more than a dozen government-backed malicious groups using covid-19 related themes for phishing and hacking.
The company’s Threat Analysis Group says in a blog post that some have tried to trick people into downloading malware by impersonating international health organizations. It said one South American group, known as Packrat, spoofed the World Health Organization’s login page.
Google says people who work at public health agencies are becoming targets due to the new coronavirus and it’s proactively adding extra security for such people — more than 50,000 high-risk accounts in all.
One campaign Google highlighted targeted personal accounts of U.S. government employees — the specific employers were not named — with phishing lures. Senders posing as American fast-food franchises offering free meals and coupons tried to get recipients to enter their Google account credentials.