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Google Sees High surges Hacking related to corona-virus

Google official notification, Google sent more than 1,700 warnings in April to the user account who is targeted by the Government backend Cyber attacker and it also warned of the increase in the hacking and phishing attempts.

The Cyber attacker made the identity of the World health organization(WHO) and that all are related to the coronavirus.

The State-backed campaigns basically target all the UK and other countries financial services, consulting, and healthcare.

Google’s statement “ The Cyber attacker encourages individuals or users to sign up for direct notifications from the WHO about the COVID-19 related announcement and the link the attacker hosted on the website looks similar to the real official website of WHO.

The website typically features a fake login system which prompts potential victims to give the Google account credentials and occasionally encourages the user or the victim to give the other personal information mainly the cell phone numbers.

The other organization and WHO at the center of a global effort to contain the coronavirus which comes under a digital bombardment by the cyber attackers who are seeking information.

Google Sees High surges related to coronavirus
Credit: Alphabet

According to Google Blog,” Since March, we’ve removed more than thousand youtube channel that we believe to be part of a large campaign and that we behaving in a coordinated manner”

In April, The GCHQ warned about the cybercriminals that they are taking advantage of anxiety about the coronavirus outbreak.

The Intelligence and security agency Said that the cyber attacker is using fake emails purporting to be from popular video conferencing services like Microsoft teams and Zoom.

The Main intention of cyber attackers is to know the victim’s activities and exploit the number of people who are working from home and probing for cyber vulnerabilities in remote working software. The exploitation is done under the cover of health organizations.

Google warns people to be aware of the emails and stop taking quick action without knowing that website. Please verify before sharing the details.

Bipin Choudharyhttps://vednam.com
Bipin has been a passionate blogger for several years. He is a Cyber Security Enthusiast, Security Blogger, Technical Writer. He is always eager to know everything about the latest technology development and advancement. Author @ Vednam

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