Over 5,000 pandemic-related phishing websites luring people: Report

New Delhi: Since of beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, over 5,000 pandemic-related phishing websites have surfaced, designed to steal users’ credentials via fake payment offers and discounted Covid tests, among others.

Recently, phishing ads for fake QR codes and vaccination certificates for restaurants and public events have become popular.

According to cyber security firm Kaspersky, from March 2020 to July 2021, it has prevented over a million user attempts to visit such phishing websites.

Pandemic-related scamming activity peaked in March 2021.