Italy, a region in quarantine, is experiencing a spike in attempted cyber-attacks to capture the login credentials of employees working remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released March 15 by autonomous breach protection provider Cynet. But not all the attacks have been successful, and that’s where the lessons lie.
According to Cynet, findings from an analysis of aggregate customer data in the region found that “companies with higher instances of the virus, and that have quarantined or instructed employees to work from home, are now experiencing a sharp rise in both phishing attacks that target remote user credentials and include weaponized e-mail attacks.”
