Dark web criminals peddle fake Covid-19 vaccines as a front for malware attacks

The Covid-19 pandemic has opened up a gold-mine for cyber-criminals with everything from misinformation to fake vaccines used to trap gullible users. Researchers have now found links on the dark web where some hackers are trying to sell vaccines for Covid-19 (which has not been formulated yet) and are in fact redirecting users to phishing sites.

The dark web is the World Wide Web content that exists on darknets overlay networks that use the internet but require specific software, configurations, or authorization to access.

CYFIRMA, a threat discovery and cyber intelligence platform repored that cyber criminals are taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic by selling fake vaccines for anywhere between $99 to $25000 to desperate patients.