COVID-19 Cyber Attacks and Defending Against Them

Since at least January 2020, threat actors have seized on the media attention surrounding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic to launch phishing campaigns designed to distribute malware to unsuspecting users. As of late-March, our research has yielded over 6,000 Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and at least 15 distinct campaigns associated with 11 threat actors or groups distributing 39 different malware families and employing 80 various MITRE ATT&CK techniques. In the webinar, Roberto will share the details of the campaigns and groups behind them.

Roberto Sanchez is a career-long intelligence professional with over two decades of tactical, operational, and strategic level experience working diverse issues from counter-terrorism to cybersecurity. He has spent over two decades leading intelligence teams in the U.S. Marine Corps, cyber intelligence teams at the National Security Agency (NSA), and producing threat intelligence at multiple commercial and defense contracting companies. Roberto is passionate about intelligence and cybersecurity and enjoys sharing his knowledge and experiences with both the public and private sectors. He is currently responsible for optimizing the market’s application of threat intelligence and providing intelligence-driven solutions at Anomali.