Forcepoint analyzed three months of coronavirus-themed attacks between Jan. 19 to April 18. Cybercriminals adjusting threat levels to evolve with pandemic and typical employment trends. Researchers sifted through telemetry for keywords COVID and corona in URLs accessed directly over the web or embedded with an email. During peak volumes, researchers dentified 1.5 million total COVID-related emails per day, signifying both legitimate and malicious traffic related to the current global crisis.
Source: https://threatpost.com/cyberattackers-1-5m-covid-19-emails-per-day/154970/