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CYBERCRIMINALS CAPITALIZING ON WORRIES ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS

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CYBERCRIMINALS CAPITALIZING ON WORRIES ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS

The COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, is in the forefront of everyone’s minds around the world at present, we are being fed information from all directions, with a lot of conflicting data. To add to this confusion, cybercriminals are ‘cashing in’ on the public’s need to acquire more information about the virus and what to do to try and protect ourselves. There have been many reports about of ‘phishing scams’ (Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.) Not only are...

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