https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7jdxw/hackers-are-using-the-coronavirus-panic-to-spread-malware

Hackers are using the public’s fear of the coronavirus to steal passwords and spread malware, according to multiple cybersecurity firms and computer security experts. The setup is usually simple—a malicious actor sends a mark an email or message that appears to come from an official government source, such as the Centers for Disease Control, and gets the mark to click a link that asks for personal info. It’s an old scam updated to prey on people’s coronavirus fears..

“The most prominent coronavirus-themed campaign targeted Japan, distributing emotet...in malicious email attachments feigning to be sent by a Japanese disability welfare service provider,” California-based cyber security company Check Point said in a report. “The emails appear to be reporting where the infection is spreading in several Japanese cities, encouraging the victim to open the document which, if opened, attempts to download emotet on their computer.”