03/13/2020
Hackers are once again taking advantage of concerns of COVID-19 by using fake coronavirus maps to infect visitors with malware.
Detailed Monday by cybersecurity researcher Shai Alfasi from Reason Cybersecurity Ltd., the fake maps were found to be attempting to infect unsuspecting visitors with the AZORult malware.
The malware, first discovered in 2016, is an information stealer that makes off with browsing history, cookies, ID/passwords, cryptocurrency and more. An AZORult variant, designed to create a new, hidden administrator account on the infected machine in order to allow Remote Desktop Protocol connections, was also detected.
Hackers use fake coronavirus maps to infect visitors with malware - SiliconANGLE