Cybercriminals take advantage of Google Meet to infect thousands of computers

People continue to use video calls today, and we have a multitude of applications for this, but above all, it stands out Google Meet that has that trust of those from Mountain View and also that ease of access if you use a Gmail account.

Now according to is being informedthere is a new campaign like ClickFix which uses fake Google Meet pages to trick users into infecting their computers.

And the campaign starts when the user receives an email phishing in your account, an email similar to the usual ones that Google Meet usually sends to join a video call.

In this email phishing A link is offered so that the user can click directly and supposedly connect to the video call.

However, if you look more closely at the link, it is not that of Google Meet, so the user could stop the deception at this point, but not everyone does.

As the issue of video calls is something quite urgent, there are many users who directly open the email and click on the link to join the video call.

By doing so, a popup will open about false error with webcam or microphone. If users click on the link that says “try solution”, the infection process begins. ClickFix on the computer.

The researchers explain that, in addition to Google Meet, this ClickFix attack has also been seen in Zoom, PDF readers, messaging applications and fake video games.

So now you know, be wary of any email about joining unwanted video calls.

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