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A threat actor is creating fake Skype, Google Meet, and Zoom meetings, mimicking these popular collaboration applications to spread various commodity malware that can steal sensitive data from both Android and Windows users.

The campaign, which began in December, demonstrates an emerging cybersecurity threat for corporate users, researchers from Zcaler’s ThreatLabz revealed in a blog post on March 6. The attackers are using shared Web hosting to host fake online meeting sites on a single IP address, leveraging various URLs that are convincingly similar enough to the actual websites of the services being impersonated. The Skype campaign, for instance, used “join-skype[.]info,” while Google Meet users were enticed to join meetings via “online-cloudmeeting[.]pro.” The Zoom campaign uses…

Android and Windows users, beware of fake online meeting sites such as Google Meet, Zoom, and Skype, infecting devices with malicious malware like SpyNote RAT for Android, NjRAT, and DCRat.

Zscaler’s ThreatLabz cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new scam where Remote Access Trojans (RATs) are distributed through online meeting platforms, targeting Android and Windows users with malware. The purpose is to distribute malware that can steal sensitive data and control infected devices.

Researchers discovered a threat actor creating fraudulent websites for spreading malware, including SpyNote RAT for Android and NjRAT and DCRat for Windows, in December 2023. These RATs can steal confidential information and log keystrokes. Users are lured through fake online…

A threat actor has been distributing remote access Trojans (RATs) on Android and Windows operating systems using online meeting lures, according to cloud security provider Zscaler.

This campaign has been ongoing since at least December 2023, observed Zscaler’s threat intelligence team, ThreatLabz.

The distributed RATs include Android-focused SpyNote RAT and Windows-focused NjRAT and DCRat.

Malicious APKs and BAT Files Leading to RAT Payloads

To lure its victims into downloading the RATs, the threat actor created several fake online meeting sites, impersonating brands like Microsoft-owned Skype, Google Meet and Zoom.

“All of the fake sites were in Russian,” noted Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers.

The attacker utilized shared web hosting services to host all these websites on a…

Moving to another country not only requires you to make financial arrangements, but it also requires you to make technological arrangements or changes. Whenever you move to a different country, you immediately have to change the location of your respective app store, to easily download the country-specific apps.

This is due to numerous reasons, such as from downloading country-specific banking apps to make financial transactions to apps related to public transport, you have to be all set and going. Now, your country’s location decides which content you see over the Play Store. So if you wish to change the country’s location manually, it can take weeks or almost a year to be effective. 

Also, you can do it once a year only. So, not a good thing for international…

Google Chrome automatically uses geolocation services to identify your whereabouts. This can be used for location-based advertising and also lets you tag your social media posts. But, if you don’t want Google Chrome to know your whereabouts or location, you can simply fix that by changing your location. You can do this simply by downloading a VPN.

Using a virtual private network will give you a new IP address, which will change your region and can unlock sites and services from anywhere around the world. It also improves your security by encrypting your data and keeping it safe from online threats. You can also manually change the location by entering longitude and latitude. This guide will help you to understand how to change your location in Google Chrome.