The Australian Cyber Security Centre has issued a new threat update, seeking to raise awareness around coronavirus-themed malicious cyber activity. It says that COVID-19 related scams and phishing emails are likely to increase in frequency and severity over the coming weeks and months, due, in part, to the ease in which existing scam emails and texts can be modified with a COVID-19 theme. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch has received more than 100 reports of scams about COVID-19 in the last three months.
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Australian Cyber Security Centre Issues Warning Around Coronavirus-Themed Malicious Cyber Activity
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