During the COVID-19, aka the coronavirus, pandemic, we have heard daily the importance of good hygiene. Maintain physical distance, avoid unnecessary crowds, and above all else wash your hands. These acts of proper hygiene are meant to keep us safe as the virus continues to take its somewhat unpredictable course. Likewise, another important action we must all remember amid this crisis is to be sure we are using proper cyber hygiene.
Just like washing your hands, cyber hygiene is a term within the cyber community to ensure computer users are not unnecessarily exposing themselves to computer viruses. Malware, ransomware and other nefarious cyber viruses can infect computers, causing them to become “ill,” failing to operate as they were designed and hurting us in the process.
Cyber criminals have always used current events to help facilitate their crimes. In times of terrorist attacks or natural disasters, the cyber scams will appear online claiming to raise money for charity or having you enter your personally identifiable information (PII) under the guise of confirming bank accounts. COVID-19 is just another opportunity for the cyber criminal. In this time of crisis, while many are hard at work curing the sick, or others are simply out of work, cyber criminals are keeping busy being their own unique plague to society.
Cyber criminals are leveraging the concerns and fears over COVID-19 to steal passwords, data and money. For example, it is estimated that nearly 50% of all coronavirus-themed domain registrations are likely to be either infected with malware or actually posted by malicious actors in an effort to draw in those seeking important information. A site that purports to have suggestions on how to avoid the virus can be designed to trick computer users into downloading malware under the guise of downl ..
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