KUCHING: Social engineering attack is the easiest and fastest way to exploit an individual or organisation in Malaysia amidst the current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic fears, warned a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions.

In a statement, Fortinet pointed out that as the world is fixated on the global health emergency, cybercriminals are taking advantage of the fear and uncertainty to deploy social engineering scams and attacks on unsuspecting targets.