Fake calendar invites can infect your system, and they’re surging – how to protect yourself

Fake meeting invites can infect your system with malware. Many email programs may automatically add invites to your calendar. Don’t respond to the email or invite. Instead, report them and delete them. Have you ever received a calendar invite via email that turned out to be fake and even malicious? I’ve gotten these in Microsoft Outlook. Many email programs automatically add an invite to your calendar before you can even accept or decline it. That means you may not be aware that the event information is now in your calendar, waiting for you to access it. A new report from cybersecurity firm Sublime highlights a dramatic rise in…