Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has been one of the most trendingtopics in 2020’s overall media. The virus’ first registers dateback to December 2019 in China, and its spread has affected morethan 50 million people around the world. Since social distance is themost advisable recommendation by health organizations, companiesmassively adopted remote work. The Internet became a hugeallied for several jobs maintenance, but it also increased social engineeringattacks based on the COVID-19 topic to steal sensitiveinformation and/or spread malicious code. In this paper, we reviewthe literature about phishing, malware and fake news that takeadvantage of COVID-19 to distress users and organizations in orderto accomplish cyber attacks, and discuss their implications.