HC3 Alert - Fake Coronavirus Map (UNCLASSIFIED). - 3/12/2020

Please see the attached HC3 Alert on Fake Online Coronavirus Map. Please distribute through your appropriate channels for the level of information as marked. If you receive any feedback please provide it to HC3@hhs.gov

A malicious website pretending to be the live map for Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins University is circulating on the internet waiting for unwitting internet users to visit the website (corona-virus-map[dot]com). Visiting the website infects the user with the AZORult trojan, an information stealing program which can exfiltrate a variety of sensitive data. It is likely being spread via infected email attachments, malicious online advertisements, and social engineering. Furthermore, anyone searching the internet for a Coronavirus map could unwittingly navigate to this malicious website.

BUREN R. (Ric) MOORE
GOHSEP Intelligence Officer
Louisiana State Analytical & Fusion Exchange (LA-SAFE) Liaison
7667 Independence Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA  70806
Office: 225.925.3674
buren.moore@la.gov 

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