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While the world has been focused on
managing the healthcare, economic
and social consequences of the novel
Coronavirus, a war has been quietly raging as
cybercriminals leverage the crisis to escalate
their activities. According to a new Mimecast
report entitled 100 Days of Coronavirus that
tracks cybercrime activity since the start of the
Coronavirus outbreak, the volume of malicious
and opportunistic cybercrime across all types
of cybercrime has increased significantly by
33% in the period January to March 2020.
The report provides a clear picture of how
malicious actors are exploiting opportunities
and provides a detailed analysis of all the
trends across various regions, seen by the
Mimecast Threat Intelligence team. The new
report has found that, in the period January
to March 2020, monthly volumes of: spam
and opportunistic cybercrime detections
increased by 26.3%; impersonation fraud
detections increased by 30.3%; malware
detections increased by 35.16% and
blocking of URL clicks increased by 55.8%,
meaning people are more likely now to click
on unsafe links than before the outbreak.
Carl Wearn, Head of E-Crime at Mimecast,
said: “Many employees that suddenly find
themselves working from home are not
sufficiently equipped or aware of cyberthreats
and may put their organisations at risk by
engaging in unsafe behaviour.”
Carl Wearn, Head of E-Crime at Mimecast
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