COVID-19 AND RELIEF CHECK SCAMS

The rollout of COVID-19 relief checks in the US has created a new open door for cybercriminals. 

An estimated 4,300 malicious web domains related to COVID-19 relief have popped up in the last month, and Google reports that they’re stopping 18 million suspicious COVID-19 related emails per day.

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With “Where’s my stimulus check?” a top query on Google, many of these domains are being used to snare unsuspecting users into giving away their personal information. There’s a huge onslaught of phishing attacks that aim to capture personal information or deliver malware using COVID-19 money as a hook.

With most working remotely, warn your staffers to be on the lookout and be very wary of downloading any type of guide that helps them claim their stimulus check or other items of that nature. If a staffer checks their personal email on their work computer and downloads a guide that is malware, it’s now a business problem.

STAY AWARE AND SKEPTICAL WITH EVERY EMAIL THAT ARRIVES, BUSINESS OR PERSONAL.