IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) has been tracking cybercrime capitalizing on the coronavirus pandemic since January. The WHO declared that South America has become a new epicenter for the disease. In February, cybercriminals were focusing on Asia, and we observed threat actors targeting potential victims in Japan. In mid-March and into April, as the virus spread dramatically into Spain, the United States and Iran, COVID-19-related attacks also increased.”]