BullGuard Blog

Given that millions of people all over the world have been locked down, locked up and locked in during the pandemic it’s hardly surprising that online shopping sales have headed for the stratosphere.

Over three million people are believed to have downloaded 15 Chrome and 13 Edge malicious extensions onto their browsers. Code has been discovered in these browser extensions that could redirect users to ads and phishing sites, gather personal data and browsing history and download malware onto a user’s device.

Adobe has confirmed that it will no longer be supporting Flash Player after December 31 2020 and will actively block Flash content from running inside Flash Player from January 12 2021.

With predictable certainty cyber criminals have taken advantage of the Covid-19 vaccinations to confuse and defraud the unwary. If you know what to look for these scams are as transparent as a pane of glass, if you don’t know the signs then read on.