COVID-19 and Cyberdefense

A biological virus goes digital

As the pandemic unfolds and countries worldwide go to great lengths in handling the crisis we witness a new evil rising. Secluded in the shadow of the biological hazard follows a wave of digital ones.

Societies worldwide face the challenge of lockdowns and, as a logical consequence, switch a lot of their social and working lives to digital. This opens a lot of opportunities, both for good and bad.

Hygiene is more important than ever, both analog and digital

At this point we as a society depend on digital more than ever before. To minimize the spread of COVID-19, people all over the world turn to the web for support. We work from our home office. Artists perform live via streams for our entertainment. We keep in contact with our loved ones, even if we cannot meet in person. We gather the latest news and information online to stay up to date.

But with this, the dark side of the web closes in on us as well: fraudsters, acting as health ministry or WHO officials, extracting personal information or money for fake-tests, criminals spreading fake-news and malware hidden in virus heatmaps or tracking apps, or even attacking healthcare organizations, putting human lives at risk.

In-depth-analysis: what happens, what to consider and what to do now

15 April 2021 | Report

COVID-19 - A biological hazard goes digital

2 March 2022 | Report

Databreaches in Healthcare: The attractiveness of leaked healthcare data for cybercriminals

14 April 2020 | Event

[Webcast] COVID-19 – Implications for cybersecurity

16 June 2020 | Event

[Webcast] Cybersecurity in a lockdown – Does the new context favour the attacker or the defender?

1 July 2022 | Event

[Webcast] How the shift to home-working impacted the challenge of vulnerability management

Wilfried Pascault explains the importance of beoin CNA certified for Orange Cyberdefense.

13 May 2026 | News

Orange Cyberdefense joins the CVE program as a CVE numbering authority

19 May 2026 | News

Orange Cyberdefense joins forces with World Economic Forum-hosted Cybercrime Atlas to launch ‘Cosmos’: an open-source global initiative to map and disrupt cybercrime

12 May 2026 | News

Orange Cyberdefense expands into Spain in collaboration with MasOrange

13 April 2026 | News

Orange Cyberdefense scales detection and response on top of Microsoft Sentinel

6 May 2026 | Blog

Threat level: 4/5 - Critical unpatched vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS' Captive Portal

[Webinar] Mythos: Unpacking the phenomenon and its impact on your cybersecurity

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Online

28th of May

30 April 2026 | Report

Preparing Businesses for AI-Driven Threats and Risks

20 April 2026 | Blog

Anthropic and OpenAI unveil Claude Mythos and GPT-5.4-Cyber

The “dual use” nature of AI is pushing cybersecurity forward at a rapid pace. The big issues are sovereignty, access to defensive tools and containing the spread of technologies that could be weaponized.

DEF CON 34

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