Phishing uses lay-off Zoom meeting alerts to steal credentials

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Zoom users are targeted by a new phishing campaign that uses fake Zoom meeting notifications to threaten those who work in corporate environments that their contracts will either be suspended or terminated.

So far this series of phishing attacks that spoof automated Zoom meeting alerts has landed in the mailboxes of over 50,000 targets according to researchers as email security company Abnormal Security.

Potential victims are more willing to trust such emails during this time given that a lot of employees are now working from home and take part in daily online meetings through video conferencing platforms like Zoom because of stay-at-home orders and lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The phishing emails mimic legitimate Zoom meeting reminders hinting at the target's layoff in a meeting with their company's Human Resources and Payroll Administrative Head that is scheduled to start within minutes.

"When the victim reads the email they will panic, click on the phishing link, and hurriedly attempt to log into this fake meeting," the researchers said. "Instead, their credentials will be stolen by the attacker," .
 

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