Not the Resume You are Looking For - Its malware

Malware attack activity has witnessed an upsurge during the ongoing pandemic. Recently, a new campaign has been found to raise the bar a tad bit higher with resume-based subterfuge.

What is happening?

As per research conducted by Check Point Software, a new Zloader malware campaign where banking trojans are disguised as resumes, was found targeting individuals.

Noteworthy statistics

• Resume-themed campaigns have doubled in the U.S. in the last two months with 1 in 450 malicious files being a resume-related scam.
• While there has been an increase in COVID-19-related attacks, the total number of malware attacks has decreased by 30% in March as compared to that in January.
• The month of May witnessed an average of 158,000 pandemic-related attacks a week, which is 7% less as compared to that in April.
• Among the 10,704 COVID-19-related domains registered, 2.5% were found to be malicious.

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