INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Zoom's recent surge in popularity as a result of the coronavirus outbreak has made the video conferencing platform a prime target for
hackers.Security researchers at Check Point have observed a sharp uptick in new domain registrations that contain the company's name since
However, of these domains, 25 percent of them were registered in just one week during mid-March.Check Point was also able to confirm that at
least 70 of these 1,700 domains were being used maliciously by cybercriminals as phishing websites designed to steal users' personal
information.In addition to using Zoom-related domains to launch phishing attacks, Check Point also discovered malicious executables that
contained Zoom in their file names
Opening these files causes the InstallCore PUA to be installed on a victim's computer which could potentially lead to additional malicious
software being installed on their machines.However, according to Check Point, hackers aren't just targeting Zoom as the cybersecurity firm
services such as Google Classroom which is being used by teachers that have to conduct their classes virtually
In this case, hackers tried to trick users by misspelling the sites official name to lead them to phishing websites.To prevent falling
victim to these and the other coronavirus-related scams making their way around the web, Check Point recommends that users check all of the
emails they receive carefully, avoid opening unknown attachments or clicking on links in emails and check to make sure that the domains of
the websites they visit are spelled correctly.Via Mashable
