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| Cybercriminals hide under the name of meeting applications to distribute malware |
Kaspersky experts investigated digital threats related to conference applications. In today's healthcare environment, digital threats related to conferences and applications were highly sensitive to the physical and social alienation of individuals and companies, as well as to remote work. Great development.
The expert's investigation aims to ensure the safety of users and a sense of comfort and communication among users. However, thanks to the analysis, they found about 1,300 files, whose names are similar to the names of popular conference applications like Zoom, Webex, and Slack. This provides other practical ways for people to do business and learn to communicate with video, audio and text.
Online fraudsters will not hesitate to use this fact to try to spread a lot of malware, and this malware, disguised with general purpose malware, can pose a serious threat.
Experts have discovered 200 different threats in a large number of files, including widespread software packages such as DealPly and DownloadSponsor, two installation groups that display ads or download malicious software packages. Ads and programs are usually displayed on the user's device. Once downloaded from the unofficial market.
Although adware is not considered malware, privacy risks exist and Kaspersky Security Solutions can detect and block DealPly and DownloadSponsor.
In addition to unnecessary adware, Kaspersky experts have in some cases identified serious threats in the form of lnk files that actually represent links to specific applications.
The vast majority of these files are identified as a malicious code called Win32.CVE-2010-2568, although they are out of date and are still widely available, and they allow attackers to infect certain computers with other malware.
In addition to the conference app, Skype has become an app in which criminals have attempted to disrupt the spread of digital threats, with Kaspersky experts finding that 120,000 suspicious files use the app's name. Unlike other application names, Skype is used. The name is used to spread many malware as well as advertising programs, including Trojans.
(Denis Barinov) Digital security experts at Kaspersky said that these numbers do not indicate a significant increase in the number of attacks or the number of files hidden under the cover of regular conference applications, and they indicated that this number of these files is really moderate, but on the contrary, he indicated that This issue is completely different from the Skype app, which indicates that the app's widespread popularity over the years has made it a traditional target for digital saboteurs. . "I understand this for users. The presence of such threats is very important, especially given the current scenario in which most people work from home, so we need to make sure that we use communication and communication tools," he said, organizing online meetings so we can get them from sources. Formal and improve their standards. The restriction is real, it is a dangerous free vacuum.