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Coronavirus
used to
spread
malware
online
David
Buxton
usa.kaspersky.com
Fear of
the
coronavirus
is being
leveraged
by
cybercriminals
online
to
spread
trojans
and
malware.
Fear
of the
coronavirus
infection
is being
leveraged
by cyber
criminals
for
their
malicious
activities,
new
research
shows.
Criminals
disguised
malware
as
documents
proporting
to be
for
educational
purposes.
Kaspersky
Technologies
have
found
malicious
pdf, mp4
and docx
files
disguised
as
documents
relating
to the
newly
discovered
Coronavirus.
The file
names
imply
that
they
include
virus
protection
instructions,
current
threat
developments
and even
virus
detection
techniques.
In
fact,
these
files
contained
a number
of
malware
samples,
such as
Trojans
and
worms
that
could
damage
or
encrypt
data.
Kaspersky
malware
analyst
Anton
Ivanov
sums it
up:
“The
corona
virus,
which is
currently
hotly
debated
in the
media,
has been
used as
a bait
by
cybercriminals.
So far,
we’ve
only
identified
ten
unique
files,
but
since
this
type of
activity
is
common
to
popular
media
topics,
we
expect
this
number
to
increase.
As
people
continue
to worry
about
their
health,
fake
documents
that are
said to
educate
them
about
the
corona
virus
may be
spreading
more and
more
malware.
“
Kaspersky
products
detect
corona
virus-related
malicious
files
with the
following
detection
names:
Worm.VBS.Dinihou.r
Worm.Python.Agent.c
UDS:
DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
Trojan.WinLNK.Agent.gg
Trojan.WinLNK.Agent.ew
HEUR:
Trojan.WinLNK.Agent.gen
HEUR:
Trojan.PDF.Badur.b
Kaspersky
recommendations
for
protection
against
harmful
content:
Do
not
click on
suspicious
links
that
promise
exclusive
content,
but
obtain
information
from
official,
trustworthy
sources.
Check
file
extensions
of
downloaded
files.
Documents
and
video
files
don’t
use the
.EXE
file
format.
Use
a
reliable
security
solution
such as
Kaspersky
Security
Cloud to
ensure
comprehensive
protection
against
a wide
range of
threats.
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