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PC Gamer
James Bentley

Hackers are using fake job interviews to load applicants' PCs with a password-stealing Trojan

Computer code and text displayed on computer screens. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg.

As is ever the case, hackers are a devious old bunch, and this time, they're using your desire to finally get a job to stick a virus on your PC. Ironically named 'JobStealer', one Trojan virus is buried in a fake video conferencing app.

As pointed out by antivirus software Dr.Web, bad actors contact users looking for jobs and invite them to interview via a video conference website intended to look like a real one, which prompts users to download its software.

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