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Threat Snapshot: Coronavirus-related Lures Comprise More Than 80 Percent of the Threat Landscape

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The Proofpoint research team has tracked malicious activity associated with coronavirus since January 29 and regularly publishes our findings across this blog and our [7Ctwcamp][5Eserp][7Ctwgr][5Eauthor]]Twitter page. Following last week’s update on the overall threat landscape, this blog serves as a current snapshot and provides additional campaign examples aimed at recipients in the U.S., Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands. Coronavirus-related threat volumes continue to be high, attacks are broad in both nature and scope, and the threat actors behind these attacks are wide and varied. Most importantly, these campaigns continue to grow, literally by the minute.

Threat Volumes

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Knfaefrids

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