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This article was copied from BBC news. see original post : https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51838468 Security experts say a spike in email scams linked to Coronavirus is the worst they have ever seen in years. Cyber-criminals are targeting individuals as well as industries, including aerospace, transport, manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare and insurance. Phishing emails written in English, French, Italian, Japanese, and Turkish languages have been found. The BBC has tracked five of the campaigns. 1. Click here for a cure Researchers at the cyber-security firm Proofpoint first noticed a strange email being sent to customers in February. The message purported to be from a mysterious doctor claiming to have details about a vaccine being covered up by the Chinese and UK governments. The firm says people who click on the attached document are taken to a spoof webpage designed to harvest login details. It says up to 200,000 of the emails are being sent at a time. “We have seen 35-plus consecutive days of malicious coronavirus email campaigns, with many using fear to convince victims to click,” says Sherrod DeGrippo from the company’s threat research and detection team. Proofpoint says three to four variations are launched each day. “It’s obvious these campaigns are returning dividends for cyber-criminals,” says Ms. DeGrippo. The best way to see where a link will take you is to hover your mouse cursor over it to reveal the true...