Over the past month, irrespective of who or where you are, it’s evident that our world is changing as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether allowing employees to work remotely, advancing groundbreaking medical research, facilitating distance learning for students, or helping maintain relationships with friends and loved ones, technology is playing a more important role in our lives than ever. Unfortunately, there are some who seek to take advantage of this expanded reliance on technology. Responding to this elevated risk of cyberthreats requires that we adopt new practices, tools and techniques to cope with a proliferation of cybercriminals seeking to wreak havoc or make a quick buck.
Over recent weeks, the Cybersecurity Tech Accord signatories have seen the COVID-19 pandemic being purposefully used to take advantage of the most vulnerable. Panda has found evidence of an ATP using the pandemic in a spearfishing campaign against public sector entities. Microsoft has fought against human-operated ransomware attacks looking for vulnerable systems, and we collectively saw reports of attacking against the World Health Organization, and even hospitals. It is more important than ever for companies, governments and consumers to remember that maintaining a strong cyber security posture is the best line of defense to protect our online environment. It’s in everyone’s interest, and we all have a part to play.
As part of the
Cybersecurity Tech Accord principles, signatories are committed to helping
empower users, customers and developers to strengthen their cybersecurity
protections. Many signatories (and others) have provided resources, tips and suggestions
on how to act securely and safely online in today’s elevated threat environment,
as well as offered access to tools to help. Rather than reinventing the wheel,
we have collected these resources in one place (below). The list is not
exhaustive as companies are adding new resources and insights daily; however,
we hope it represents useful resources for:
- Protecting against phishing attacks, scams and disinformation;
- Supporting emergency response;
- Facilitating distanced learning;
- Working from home securely and efficiently.
Today, the Cybersecurity
Tech Accord signatories are first and foremost focused on protecting their
employees and their families, supporting our customers and partners and striving
to protect the health and well-being of the communities in which we operate. Our
thoughts are with those who have been impacted by COVID-19 and the medical
professionals, first responders and others who are working around the clock to
help those in need. We are committed to playing our part to help ensure that
this important work proceeds smoothly and unhindered by those looking to take
advantage of the situation by undermining cybersecurity. We hope you find these
resources helpful.
Protect
yourself from phishing attacks, scams, and disinformation
- Anomali: Aggregated
open source threat intelligence to fight COVID-19-themed cyberattacks and Overview
of COVID-19 themes being utilized by threat actors - AppDetex: Overview
of the Internet and mobile exploitation of COVID-19 and Tips for
brand protection - Avast: COVID-19 threat Intelligence telemetry
- Bitdefender: Overview of
COVID-19-themed malware reports - BT: Recommendations on staying safe
online - Carbon Black: Supporting
customers with endpoint limit suspension & Technical
analysis of COVID-19 online threats - Cisco: Free
security offerings - Com Laude: Tips for avoiding online
Corona virus scams - CSC: Overview
of top COVID-19 related risks and Sharing
information on COVID-19 threats to domain names
and Sharing
information on COVID-19 threats to marketplaces - Domaintools: Free COVID-19
threat list and Analysis of coronavirus-themed Android
ransomware - Eset: Overview
of the most common scams exploiting COVID-19 fears - Facebook: Partnering
with International Fact-Checking Network and Combatting
misinformation
and WHO Health
alert on Whatapp - FireEye: Threat
research into social engineering around COVID-19 financial compensation - F-Secure: COVID-19 cyber intelligence hub and Warning of
email scams
and Overview
of email attacks - HP: Free
cybersecurity support - Imperva: Analysis
of how surge in online traffic increases risk to businesses - Mark Monitor: Analysis
of COVID-19 domains - Microsoft: Overview
of COVID-19 related threat intelligence - Panda: Tips for
privacy protection with geotracking and Warning of
COVID-19 scams and
Analysis
of APT exploiting COVID-19 to spread malware - Safe PC Cloud: Overview
of COVID-19 threats - Security ScoreCard: Recommendations
to protect your business from COVID-19 cybersecurity threats - Strata Information
Technologies: Warning of
increased phishing threats - Telefonica: Overview
of COVID-19 related threats and Recommendations
on protecting yourself from phishing attacks and Overview and video of
COVID-19 related fake news and Recommendations
on how to distinguish fake and real news - Tenable: Overview
of COVID-19 driving misinformation, scams and fake cures and Highlights
of how cybercriminals use COVID-19 and Overview
of the expansion of the attack surface - TrendMicro:
Recommendations
on how to stay safe online - VU Security: Coronavirus
and Online Fraud
Supporting
emergency response
- Avast: Tips on
how hospitals can protect themselves from digital viruses - BitDefender: Free
security tools for healthcare organizations - Cisco: Resources
to transition to virtual healthcare - Dell: Provided Translational
Genomics Research Institute with access to Dell Technologies’ Zenith
Supercomputer to support search for COVID-19 treatments and Encouraging
users of Alienware PC to ‘lend’ their computing power to Folding@home’s search
for treatments - Facebook: Making
Workplace Advanced available for free and Using
Messenger in response - GitHub: Open
collaboration on COVID-19 - HP: 3D
printing in support of COVID-19 containment efforts - HPE: Healthcare
industry support - Juniper Networks: Various
resources to support healthcare providers - Microsoft: COVID-19
assessment bot
and Bing COVID-19 tracker and Support
for non-profits and IGOs and Emergency
response solution for healthcare providers and Work on
decoding COVID-19 immune response - NTT: Security Incident Response for Hospitals
- Salesforce: Free care
response solution for healthcare systems - SAP: Free access to COVID-19 pre-screen
& routing - Silent
Breach: Free vulnerability assessments for
emergency responders - Telefonica: Providing
connectivity to emergency responders - VU Security: Free
Technology for Governments and NGOs Worldwide
Underpinning remote education
- Atlassian:
Resources to help educators around
the world
and Tips on
working from home when your kids are home, too - Bitdefender:
Tips to
help parents cope and
Learning
resources for kids stuck at home - BT:
Tips on skills for tomorrow - Cisco:
Resources
to support transition to virtual learning - Facebook:
Get digital - GitLab:
Tips for
virtual learning - HPE:
Continued
learning support - KPN:
Free wi-fi
for children who do not have it - Microsoft:
Free
educational content on Minecraft and Family
Learning Center
and Nine tips
to make your remote lesson a success and Host your
virtual class with Microsoft Teams and Free
educational programs
and Distance
learning with Office 365: Guidance for parents and guardians and Learning
tools - Swisscom:
Support
for remote education - Telefonica:
Resources for learning, innovation and quality
in education
and Free
online training courses.
Work from
home securely and efficiently
- Atlassian: Remote work hub and Offer of free core cloud products and Recommendations on the best virtual team building activities
- Avast: How to make the transition to working-from-home and 9 ways to stay sane when work-from-home is the new normal
- Avepoint: 5 tips for working from home with Microsoft Teams
- BitDefender: Tips for safe videoconferencing from home
- BT: Tips for securing homeworkers and Suggestions on how to protect yourself
- Cisco: Free Webex for remote access and Work from home resources
- Cloudflare: Making Cloudflare for Teams available for free as well as Supporting government agencies
- Cloudreach: Tips on being a remote working leader
- Cognizant: Recommendations on how to manage your new virtual teams well
- Contrast Security: Tips for working from home
- DataStax: Possible alternatives to live events
- Eset: 5 tips for a cybersecure home office experience and Recommendations on working from home
- Eyeo: Guide on remote open space and Recommendations on staying sane when you’re stuck at home
- G DATA: Recommendations on how to work from home safely
- GitLab: Remote playbook
- Facebook: Remote work toolkit
- FireEye: Security tips for remote working and Threat modeling the risk of remote work
- F-Secure: Cyber security tips for working from home and Recommendations on protecting employees and systems in a time of pandemic and Practical advice on reducing network traffic
- Intuit: Accountant and tax professional COVID-19 resource center
- Koolspan: How to protect mobile calls, texts, data from increased threats while working from home
- KPN: COVID-19 hub
- MediaPro: Free Course: Staying Secure While Working from Home
- Microsoft: Recommendations on connecting securely and Guidance for CISOs and 9 ways Microsoft IT is enabling remote work for its employees and Delivering online meetings and events and Making Teams available and Tips on staying productive whilst working remotely and Work from home guide
- NTT: Responding to COVID-19 and Securing the remote worker and Modern collaboration for business continuity 2020 and Intelligent workplace and Collaboration and productivity and Digital events
- Orange: 5 technologies that protect your data
- Panda: Recommendations on working from home securely and 5 tips to protect your company as employees work from home
- Predica: A series of recommendations on how to become remote-first in 48 hours? and On how to use Azure AD WAP
- Safe PC Cloud: Support for telecommunting
- SAP: Remote readiness and productivity academy and Free access to Qualtrics Remote Work Puls
- Switchfast: Tips on keeping your business safe and productive while your team is remote
- Tanium: Support for organizations’ move to an enterprise-wide work-from-home policy
- Telefonica: Recommendations, Suggestions and Tips for working from home
- Tenable: Recommendations on securing work from home
- TrendMicro: Recommendations on how to telework securely
- VU Security: Fraud prevention and identify protection technology available for free for non-profits and government organizations
- WIPFLI: Multiple resources available at the COVID-19 resource center
- Wisekey: WISeID app available for free
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