Gmail Phishing Technique Being Exploited


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    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
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    Gmail Phishing Technique Being Exploited


    The Phishing Attack: What you need to know

    A new highly effective phishing technique targeting Gmail and other services has been gaining popularity during the past year among attackers. Over the past few weeks there have been reports of experienced technical users being hit by this.

    This attack is currently being used to target Gmail customers and is also targeting other services.

    The way the attack works is that an attacker will send an email to your Gmail account. That email may come from someone you know who has had their account hacked using this technique. It may also include something that looks like an image of an attachment you recognize from the sender......
    Source; Wordfence an affiliate of Wordpress: https://www.wordfence.com/blog

    Companion thread at sister forum: New, very good, Gmail phising atack in the wild - Windows 10 Forums
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    Hi,
    Yep must pay attention to the ulr address
    Code:
    https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=mail&continue=https://mail.google.com/mail/#identifier
    Or a convoluted one from MS good luck with this one
    Code:
    https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=13&ct=1484789300&rver=6.7.6640.0&wp=MBI_SSL&wreply=https%3a%2f%2foutlook.live.com%2fowa%2f%3fnlp%3d1&id=292841&CBCXT=out&fl=wld&cobrandid=90015
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    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
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    At the beginning and end of the URL, here's a snip from the wordfence article, source is in my original post.

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