Why security hygiene should be your number one priority
On January 23rd, 2020, Wuhan, a city with more than 11 million people, was placed in lockdown due to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Following this major event, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on January 30th. Threat actors actively monitor current world events, and this was an opportunity for them to start crafting their next attack. On January 28th, the threat actors behind Emotet started to exploit the curiosity and lack of information about the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) to start a major spam campaign, where emails were sent pretending to be official notifications sent by a disability welfare provider and public health centers. The perceived intent of the email was to warn the recipient about the virus and to entice the user to download a file that contained preventive measures. The success of this campaign led other threat actors to follow in Emotet’s footsteps, and on February...
