"What we're seeing is an increase in phishing being used as a means to get people's credentials."Īn internal note circulating among federal employees on Tuesday, obtained by CBC News, warned those working at home to be on guard against phishing attempts - to stay off YouTube and avoid social media sites such as Facebook, to avoid large transfers of data and to use their cellphones to read and send email. "And I don't think we're anywhere near prepared for that. "The opening that creates for those who want to wreak havoc through ransomware and malware is really, really significant," said Rohozinski.
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Cyber experts are still gathering data to establish a direct correlation between the pandemic crisis and the increase in malicious activity.īut Rafal Rohozinski, chief executive officer of the SecDev Group of Companies, said this pandemic moment - when large numbers of employees are at home and receiving instructions from their workplaces on how to connect to internal networks - offers online thieves a "huge opportunity."įederal government and corporate sector systems were never designed to support a sudden, mass migration of employees from offices to their homes, he said. Many attempts are being made against employees who are working from home on virtual private networks (VPNs).
The number of "phishing" attacks meant to steal the online credentials of public servants and corporate sector employees now housebound due to the COVID-19 pandemic is on the rise, one cyber security expert warns.
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