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Beware of Malware Infected Coronavirus websites

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Fake Online Coronavirus Map Delivers Well-known Malware
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center has issued a warning about a computer virus currently circulating.A malicious website pretending to be the live map for Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins University is circulating on the internet waiting for unwitting internet users to visit the website. Visiting the website infects the user with the AZORult trojan, an information stealing program which can exfiltrate a variety of sensitive data. It is likely being spread via infected email attachments, malicious online advertisements, and social engineering. Furthermore, anyone searching the internet fora Coronavirus map could unwittingly navigate to this malicious website. The site to avoid is“Corona-Virus-Map.com”A sample of the malware being deployed by “corona-virus-map[dot]com” was submitted and analyzed by and received an extremely malicious threat score of 100/100 with Anti-virus (AV) detection at 76%.
Peter Raiswell, Covid 19 Poblic Information OfficerTel: 360-460 0360Email: Ccem_pio.co.clallam.wa.us

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