Sources:
- CYFIRMA’s threat visibility and intelligence research revealed a massive increase of over 600% of cyber threat indicators related to the Coronavirus pandemic
- 2,500 Attacks In Less Than A Day: Coronavirus Scammers Just Went Into Overdrive
- COVID-19 Testing Center Hit By Cyberattack
- Healthcare Workers Targeted By Dangerous New Windows Ransomware Campaign Using Coronavirus As Bait
- Blocking Aid to be paid out in Italy
- WHO warns for criminals pretending to be them
- coronavirus COVID-19-related spear-phishing attacks up 667-percent since the end of February.
- Cato Network reported seeing a 75% jump in active remote users in February already.
- Vodafone reports 50% rise in internet use as more people work from home.
- Cloudflare sees up to 40% increase in daily traffic because of Corona.
- SD-WAN Static Network Based product has surged 700% over the last few weeks tied to the ongoing COVID-19 virus outbreak AT&T SD-WAN Absorbs 700% Coronavirus-Related Surge
- In Italy, e-commerce went up from the last week of February by 81 percent. Source: Expert interviews; “Coronavirus Nuovi dati sulle vendite della gdo in store e online,” GDOWeek, March 6, 2020, gdoweek.it.
- Gaming Usage Up 75 Percent Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Verizon Reports
- Total game downloads on Apple’s app store in China increased 27.5% year over year and revenue rose by 12.1%, according to market research firm Sensor Tower.
- a 340% increase in daily active users on Zoom since the end of December.
- Microsoft Teams added 12 million daily active users in a single week amid the coronavirus crisis, bringing it up to 44 million total spiking 37% in one week
- Microsoft Teams Has Seen A 775% Rise In Users In Italy Because Of COVID-19
- Windows Virtual Desktop usage has grown more than 3x.