If You Want To Be Safe, Please Stay Away From These Fake Coronavirus Websites

A batch of precautionary measures are urgently put in use due to the increasing number of patients tested positive for COVID-19. All over the country, not only do we prepare for medical protection methods but we also have to protect ourselves from different issues like price gouging, the shortage of face masks or misinformation and fake news. However, other worries come from hackers as security researchers recently found out a number of fake coronavirus websites that are attached with not only untrustworthy information but also toxic malware.

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A team of researchers from Recorded Future has worked on several websites to evaluate how easily users could fall prey to malware when surfing such a site. Of course, they come packed with both fake news to bait readers and then inject malware to steal their private information. As a matter of fact, many still don’t know how susceptible their devices will be, so researchers have already made a list of 14 dangerous websites that we should not visit if we want to stay away from digital scams.

We're warned to not access these fake coronavirus websites:

coronavirusupdate[dot]tk

bestcoronavirusprotec[dot]tk

coronavirus[dot]cc

vaccine-coronavirus[dot]com

survivecoronavirus[dot]org

corona-virus[dot]healthcare

coronavirusaware[dot]xyz

bgvfr.coronavirusaware[dot]xyz

coronavirus[dot]app

coronavirusstatus[dot]space

coronavirus-realtime[dot]com

coronavirus[dot]zone

blogcoronacl.canalcero[dot]digital

coronavirus-map[dot]com

To remain your own safety amid the COVID-19 crisis, please ensure that all the websites you’re going to visit are official sources from the government other than any URL popping up on the Internet. Good luck!

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