Fake Google Meet update lets hackers control your Windows PCs

Fake Google Meet update lets hackers control your Windows PCs

Updating Meet could cost you your personal data

A fake Google Meet update page can trick Windows users into handing attackers remote control of their computers through a built-in device enrollment feature. (pocketlight/Getty Images)

Instead of downloading malware, victims who click through a fake update page may unknowingly give attackers administrator-level access to their Windows devices. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Security researchers uncovered a phishing scam that uses a fake Google Meet update prompt to enroll personal computers into attacker-controlled remote management systems. (400tmax/Getty Images)

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