Ransomware and Phishing during Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic

Authors

  • Nicholas Bastos Nicholas de Lucas Bastos Pereira Fatec Americana - SP
  • Lucas Neves Lucas Miranda Neves Fatec Americana - SP

Abstract

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, in which it impacted various sectors of the economy and social development, changing labor relations. The technology became the protagonist and as it was a sudden adaptation, it ended up leaving loopholes, mainly in companies, which became vulnerable to the attacks of Ransomware and Phishing. In this article, the influence of the pandemic in relation to the increase of these attacks will be demonstrated, exhibiting the changes that have undergone, from the global to the national level, and a study of those that are more prominent in information security.

Published

2021-08-31