The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is tracking an unknown malicious cyber actor who is spoofing the Small Business Administration COVID-19 loan relief webpage via phishing emails, the agency announced yesterday.

Sent to various recipients in the Federal Civilian Executive Branch and state, local, tribal and territorial government, the emails include a malicious link to the spoofed SBA website that the cyber actor is using for malicious re-directs and credential stealing, the agency said.

For details, including recommended mitigation actions and other resources, see the .

鈥淎s we can see, heinous COVID-19-themed fraud schemes continue to perpetuate, and the common denominator seems to be enticing unsuspecting victims to provide funds, passwords or personal identifying information,鈥 said John Riggi, AHA senior advisor for cybersecurity and risk. 鈥淭o mitigate these threats, educate staff, always independently verify solicitations (even from 鈥榯rusted鈥 sources), never provide down payments for PPE without verification and reputable references, and be suspect of any solicitations that claim to be affiliated with a government agency.鈥欌

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