{
  "id": 132658,
  "title": "Fake Adobe and Zoom Updates Install ScreenConnect for Persistent Remote Access",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/fake-adobe-and-zoom-updates-install-screenconnect-for-persistent",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-04T13:11:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/fake-adobe-and-zoom-updates-install.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active, multi-wave campaign that employs social engineering lures themed around Adobe and Zoom software updates, business document reviews, and system maintenance utilities to stealthily deploy Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) programs like ConnectWise ScreenConnect. The campaign has been codenamed SMOKE#SCREEN by Securonix Threat",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}