Cybercriminals are having a field day as people are stuck in their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic. Coronavirus-related phishing attacks have risen by a whopping 667% since January, as hackers have been bombarding people with emails while masquerading as a well-known company or a health authority like the World Health Organization (WHO). Yesterday, Google shared insights into its effort of trying to filter these emails in Gmail. The search giant said in just the last week, it saw more than 18 million malware and phishing emails with some sort of coronavirus angle every day. Plus, the company blocks 240 million COVID-19 related spam emails…

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