Avanan, a Check Point Company, has revealed its latest analysis in which hackers spoof legitimate popular community and school meetings to trick users to click and download fake Zoom invitations, executing malware in the process.
In this attack, hackers gather public records to send out email reminders of upcoming community and school board invitations. These emails contain a PDF of what looks like and is expected to be a Zoom invitation. Clicking on the PDF attachment doesn’t open a Zoom invite; rather, links to a downloadable malware.
You can read the report here. It has valuable suggestions as to how to protect yourself from this attack.
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Hackers Spoof Community And School Meetings; Tricking Users To Download Fake Zoom Invite: Avanan
Avanan, a Check Point Company, has revealed its latest analysis in which hackers spoof legitimate popular community and school meetings to trick users to click and download fake Zoom invitations, executing malware in the process.
In this attack, hackers gather public records to send out email reminders of upcoming community and school board invitations. These emails contain a PDF of what looks like and is expected to be a Zoom invitation. Clicking on the PDF attachment doesn’t open a Zoom invite; rather, links to a downloadable malware.
You can read the report here. It has valuable suggestions as to how to protect yourself from this attack.
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