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The Advantage COVID-19 Gives Hackers<\/h2>\n

To put it bluntly, diversion. With so much attention rightly given to COVID-19 right now, there are many who are remaining in their homes as much as possible to try and prevent the pathogen from propagating. This approach makes the Internet even more important to so many people. Not only are many businesses operating remotely, many rely on support services and other online functions for their in-house processes. Otherwise, people who cannot work remotely are seeking ways to pass the time, turning to social media and other online services for that.<\/p>\n

As a result, a huge number of people are online.<\/p>\n

This creates the perfect storm for a scammer or hacker to take advantage of, as they now have a larger pool of potential victims. On top of that, the COVID-19 situation also gives them another opportunity to fool people into handing over their access credentials to personal and business accounts.<\/p>\n

Between March 9th and April 26th, a total of 1.2 million domains were created that have something to do with COVID-19. 86,600 of these domains lead to malicious websites, 80 percent of which distribute malware to anyone unlucky enough to interact with them.<\/p>\n

As far as phishing<\/a> attacks and spam go, more of these are also popping up. COVID-19-themed scams are popping up in the form of fake emails, spoofed to look like they come from the IRS, the CDC, healthcare organizations, and various other companies.<\/p>\n

Preventing the Influence of Scams<\/h2>\n

With so many scams and threats out there, vigilance is crucial\u2026 especially when you and your team may be working remotely. Any of the security best practices that people should be following in the office need to be particularly focused upon when you\u2019re in the home. For instance:<\/p>\n