The COVID-19 outbreak is forcing people to work from home and make shopping online causing a consequent increase in the number of home deliveries. Crooks are attempting to exploit the crisis and are carrying out scams using COVID-19 delivery issues as a lure in the attempt to trick victims into visiting malicious links or open malicious attachments.
Kaspersky observed COVID-19-themed phishing scams that impersonate popular shipping carriers such as FedEx, UPS, and DHL.
