What is Fake meeting Invites attack?
These days where technology is growing and easy to reachable, where most multinationals and local company employees are attending meetings online and even in education sector institutes are offering online training courses and webinars.
On one hand where technology is growing, the frequencies of cyber attacks are also increasing. In fake meeting invite attack scammers are taking benefit of it by sending fake meeting invites.
How it works?
These days where technology is growing and easy to reachable, where most multinationals and local company employees are attending meetings online and even in education sector institutes are offering online training courses and webinars.
On one hand where technology is growing, the frequencies of cyber attacks are also increasing. In fake meeting invite attack scammers are taking benefit of it by sending fake meeting invites.
How it works?
The scammers are sending convincing-looking email invites with meeting numbers, passwords, and times plus a “Join Meeting” button.
When users click the button, the user will re-direct to a scam site instead, that installs malicious plugin/software in the device which can execute multiple things like execute commands, take over webcams, delete files, enable Remote Desktops, log keystrokes, and steal passwords etc.
How to prevent from such type of attacks
- Verify all Web Ex invites you should receive and make sure they were sent legitimately. DO NOT blindly click the “Join Meeting” button!
- Verify the sender by checking their email address.
- Check the link before you click. The link should not redirect you to some fake website.
- Prefer to use or click on "Https://" links.
- Be careful before disclosing personal information.
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