We need to social-distance from the scammers

For hackers who target Windows, the coronavirus pandemic is like Christmas come early. But what’s good news for them is bad news for you, piled onto all the other bad news wrought by the pandemic. Undeterred by the crisis — indeed, spurred to new heights by it — hackers have been coming up with a host of devious ways to use your natural fears in order to infect your Windows PC with malware and ransomware.

How bad is it? The security company Malwarebytes calls the pandemic “a golden opportunity for threat actors to capitalize on fear, spread misinformation, and generate mass hysteria — all while compromising victims with scams or malware campaigns.”

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from Computerworld https://ift.tt/3bYqMSX