10/13/2026
We've gotten these, and the 33,000% increase is no joke, according to the cybersecurity firm Sublime. Calendar invites can sneak malicious links past your spam filter and don’t require you to open an attachment, making them attractive to scammers. Professionals who often meet with strangers, like salespeople and recruiters, are common targets.
The scam mostly uses three methods, meaning a link inside the meeting on your calendar will either:
- Take you to a form asking for login credentials.
- Serve as a prompt to download malware onto your laptop.
- Or be to a meeting with a scammer posing as someone you don’t know but have reason to trust, like an employee at another company or a potential client.
Be sure to check your settings to make sure you're not automatically adding every invite to your calendar willy-nilly.