A rash of COVID-19 Android mobile apps have emerged that are aimed at helping citizens in Iran, Italy and Colombia track symptoms and virus infections. The apps are either created and endorsed by countries or invented as one-offs by threat actors to take advantage of the current pandemic, researchers found. Researchers analyzed dozens of apps that pose a particular threat to citizens, citing not only potential cybercriminal activity but simple mistakes by app developers. In Iran, one of the worst places the pandemic has hit the worst, the government has created-specific apps for tracking symptoms.
Source: https://threatpost.com/official-government-covid-19-apps-threats/154512/