COVID-19 relief funds targeted by cybercrooks

By Jeremy Hainsworth / Glacier Media
High-tech thieves spoofed CERB, Canada Revenue COVID-19 assistance sites: report

Cybercriminals have been mimicking Canadian and other governments’ COVID-19 financial relief web sites to steal credentials and siphon off taxpayer money, a report released May 15 says. “Over the last two months we observed a surge in the creation of COVID-19-themed credential phishing website templates that mimic the brands of numerous governments and trusted non-governmental organizations including the World Health Organization, Internal Revenue Service, Centers for Disease Control, the United Kingdom government, the government of Canada and the government of France,” the report from California-based global online security firm Proofpoint said.…

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May 15, 2020

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