Year in Review: COVID-19 Concerns for Cybersecurity

This ReliaQuest blog reviews how cybercriminals leveraged the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year, highlighting increased targeting of remote-access tools (VPNs, RDP), widespread phishing and impersonation campaigns (WHO/CDC, vaccine distributors), vaccination scams and dark web vaccine offerings, and fraud targeting government relief programs; it warns that permanent hybrid work models will keep the attack surface elevated and recommends continued monitoring of these evolving TTPs.