Coronavirus: hackers leverage fear

(ANSA) - MILAN, FEB 4 - The virus that spreads thanks to the virus: cybercriminals are exploiting the phobiacaused by Coronavirus, to carry out the latest, only in order of time, of web crimes to obtain remote access, compromise users perpetrate fraud and steal sensitive data. The cybersecurity expertGuido Milana, Soft Strategy partner, launched the alarm, signaling the sudden email boom in which alleged alerts related to coronavirus are reported. The attack, as Milana explains, "is generally sent in the form of an attachment to the email, containing a malicious code (malware) on the user's computer". Defending yourself is possible: you need to make sure of the identity of the recipient of the e-mail by checking his address before opening the files, never releasing personal information, paying attention to the alleged 'urgency' declared in the text of the email, for example the request for money due to the emergency delcoronavirus.