Hackers abuse Zoom remote control feature for crypto-theft attacks
'Elusive Comet' is a hacker collective that uses social engineering to mislead bitcoin users into giving them access to their computers by taking advantage of Zoom's remote control feature.
Participants in meetings can take over another person's computer using Zoom's remote control capability.
Cybersecurity company Trail of Bits, which came across this social engineering attempt, claims that the hackers' methods are similar to those employed by the Lazarus hacking organization in the huge $1.5 billion Bybit cryptocurrency theft.
According to the Trail of Bits research, the ELUSIVE COMET methodology is similar to the methods used in the recent $1.5 billion Bybit hack in February, in which hackers altered legitimate operations instead of taking advantage of code flaws read more abo...