Monday, April 28, 2025
HomeCyber AttackHackers Using COVID-19 Training Lure to Attack Office 365 Users

Hackers Using COVID-19 Training Lure to Attack Office 365 Users

Published on

SIEM as a Service

Follow Us on Google News

Coronavirus poses a huge impact globally, most of the countries in lockdown and some countries returning to some sort of normality.

Organizations also under risk of being impacted by a malicious coronavirus-related website depends on whether the country it is located in has gone back to business or is still under lockdown.

New COVID-19 Training Lure

COVID-19 continues to pose a serious threat for organizations, so organizations implemented testing programs to prevent employees from infection.

- Advertisement - Google News

Checkpoint researchers observed the Cybercriminals distributing phishing emails and malicious files disguised as Covid-19 training materials.

The email is trying to lure the victim in signing up for a fake employee training web page, once the victim enters the login credentials it will be sent to the attacker’s server.

When the user opens the email and clicks on the attachment it displays the following image. But in the background, it downloads two malicious files.

Cyberattacks found to be increased by 16% in May when compared to March and April. Starting from June 2,451 new domains registered, out of 91 found malicious and 66 are suspicious.

Attackers taking advantage of the Coronavirus fear to continuously exploit online users by infecting their mobile with various tactics and techniques.

Cybercriminals continue to create phishing emails with this Coronavirus as the email subject or put in the email body to lure victims to click on links or download unwanted files.

You can follow us on LinkedinTwitterFacebook for daily Cybersecurity, and hacking news updates.

Also Read

Hackers Using Zoom’s Popularity in Coronavirus Outbreak to Infect Computers With Malware

Beware of Coronavirus-themed Attack that Attacks Windows Computer to Install’s Lokibot Malware

Gurubaran
Gurubaran
Gurubaran is a co-founder of Cyber Security News and GBHackers On Security. He has 10+ years of experience as a Security Consultant, Editor, and Analyst in cybersecurity, technology, and communications.

Latest articles

SAP NetWeaver 0-Day Flaw Actively Exploited to Deploy Webshells

SAP disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-31324, in its NetWeaver Visual Composer component. This...

Windows 11 25H2 Expected to Launch with Minor Changes

Microsoft is quietly preparing the next update to its flagship operating system, Windows 11 25H2,...

China Claims U.S. Cyberattack Targeted Leading Encryption Company

China has accused U.S. intelligence agencies of carrying out a sophisticated cyberattack against one...

Critical FastCGI Library Flaw Exposes Embedded Devices to Code Execution

A severe vulnerability (CVE-2025-23016) in the FastCGI library-a core component of lightweight web server...

Resilience at Scale

Why Application Security is Non-Negotiable

The resilience of your digital infrastructure directly impacts your ability to scale. And yet, application security remains a critical weak link for most organizations.

Application Security is no longer just a defensive play—it’s the cornerstone of cyber resilience and sustainable growth. In this webinar, Karthik Krishnamoorthy (CTO of Indusface) and Phani Deepak Akella (VP of Marketing – Indusface), will share how AI-powered application security can help organizations build resilience by

Discussion points


Protecting at internet scale using AI and behavioral-based DDoS & bot mitigation.
Autonomously discovering external assets and remediating vulnerabilities within 72 hours, enabling secure, confident scaling.
Ensuring 100% application availability through platforms architected for failure resilience.
Eliminating silos with real-time correlation between attack surface and active threats for rapid, accurate mitigation

More like this

China Claims U.S. Cyberattack Targeted Leading Encryption Company

China has accused U.S. intelligence agencies of carrying out a sophisticated cyberattack against one...

Viasat Modems Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Execute Remote Code

A severe zero-day vulnerability has been uncovered in multiple Viasat satellite modem models, including...

Obfuscation Techniques: A Key Weapon in the Ongoing War Between Hackers and Defenders

Obfuscation stands as a powerful weapon for attackers seeking to shield their malicious code...