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COVID-19: Fake Online Coronavirus Map Delivers Malware

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. Visiting the website infects the user with a Trojan, an information-stealing program. It is likely being spread via infected email attachments, malicious online advertisements, and social engineering. The malicious site is listed as “corona-virus-map.com”.

The real map from Johns Hopkins University can be found at the following URL:

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html