Following such new business usual, the landscape of cyber security challenges is changing simultaneously. The traditional physical boundary of a company no longer exists. Instead, it turns into an age of so-called Zero-Trust , which means everything surrounding us is suspicious.
In such a transformation period, the malicious actors sense the new vulnerability emerged and continually trying to monetise from it. The UK is the second-largest target under cyber crime attack during COVID-19 pandemic (14% of worldwide). Besides, according to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau data, the volume of reporting Fraud and Cyber Crimes cases increased about 60% in the UK after the outbreak of COVID-19.
Some of the significant threats includes,
- Online Scams and Phishing - COVID-19 themed phishing emails
- Malicious Domains - COVID-19 themed web domain
- Disruptive Malware - Ransomware and DDoS