Correction to: Social Engineering Attacks During the COVID-19 Pandemic (SN Computer Science, (2021), 2, 2, (78), 10.1007/s42979-020-00443-1)

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In the original publication of the article, the production team processed fgure captions incorrectly for the Fig. 2 to 10. The correct fgure captions are given below:Fig. 2 Accounts that received a “government-backed attacker†warning each month of 2020 [9]Fig. 3 Spending by business on software during the early stages of the COVID 19 pandemic [14]Fig. 4 Number of customers on online platforms increased for most product due to COVID-19 [17]Fig. 5 Outline of a credential phishing attack [20]Fig. 6 Outline of a business email compromise attack [20]Fig. 7 COVID-19 themed SEAs [10]Fig. 8 Modifcations to phishing emails in response to the pandemic [24]Fig. 9 Phishing email impersonating the WHO [19]Fig. 10 Phishing SMS [23]The original article has been corrected © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2021.