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Sipping from the Coronavirus Domain Firehose

Krebs on Security

Data from security vendor Sophos, published by the Cyber Threat Coalition, shows the number of Coronavirus or COVID-19 themed domains registered per week that received traffic. “Even though still a minority of cyber threats use the pandemic as a lure, some of these new domains will eventually be used for malicious purposes.”

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Google Suspends Chinese E-Commerce App Pinduoduo Over Malware

Krebs on Security

A new cybersecurity strategy released earlier this month by the Biden administration singled out China as the greatest cyber threat to the U.S. TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance , said last month that it now has roughly 150 million monthly active users in the United States. and Western interests.

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