30,000 Percent Increase in COVID-19-Themed Attacks

Zscaler ThreatLabZ reports a dramatic rise in COVID-19-themed cybercrime: widespread phishing and fraudulent newly-registered domains, targeted corporate spear-phishing, a PowerPoint-delivered RAT in Brazil, fake VPN sites pushing infostealers, Magecart JavaScript skimmers on healthcare/grocery sites, mobile ransomware and SMS-trojans, and traditional 419 scams; the briefing emphasizes large scale (e.g., 380,000 attacks in March, 130,000 suspicious NRDs), active exploitation, and recommends SASE/ZTNA architectures, always-on security, and user awareness.