Covid-19 scams have become more targeted, sophisticated as pandemic rages on, report says

The study singled out more than 125,000 malicious sites globally out of more than 600,000 domains that have been tracked and analysed. Coronavirus phishing scams have become more targeted and potent. — SCMP

Phishing scams related to the coronavirus have become more targeted and sophisticated, tapping into people’s intimate concerns about the pandemic despite an overall drop in the number of newly registered Covid-19-related websites, a private study showed.

“These malicious campaigns have moved underground and are now addressing our most intimate concerns [on the health of families and job security]”, said Sean McGrath, lead researcher on the study from the UK-based privacy advocacy group ProPrivacy. “This is the next battlefront in the digital pandemic.”