The threat landscape has always been influenced by events and shifts in cybercriminal practices, but the global coronavirus pandemic has caused a significant shift both in how cybercriminals operate and how they hone their skills.

A defining characteristic of the first half of 2020 in terms of threats and malware is that they all played on the same theme: the pandemic. A spike in scams, phishing and malware across all platforms and attack vectors seems to have been a direct result of cybercriminals leveraging issues related toCovid-19 to exploit fear and misinformation.