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RE: Watch Out For Gmail Phishing Attacks 02-05-2017, 05:58 AM
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thank you for the neato update on gmail
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Thirteen Years of Service
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RE: Watch Out For Gmail Phishing Attacks 02-05-2017, 07:49 AM
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Thanks for the info. Generally am careful with this anyways.
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RE: Watch Out For Gmail Phishing Attacks 02-05-2017, 08:26 AM
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Thanks for the heads up mate, appreciated.
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Nine Years of Service
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RE: Watch Out For Gmail Phishing Attacks 02-13-2017, 05:08 AM
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Hello,
extract from the article:
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... hackers send emails to the contacts of compromised accounts containing a seemingly innocuous attachment. When the user clicks the attachment, a new tab opens in the browser that looks nearly identical to the Google sign-in page. If the user inputs their log-in information, it goes straight to the attacker.
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who is dumb enough to fall for it?
1. If the user gets this mail and he/she is using gmail, he/she must wonder why in the new tab he has to enter again his credentials.
2. If the user is willing to enter his credentials just to see an attachment, then the user has no idea what an attachment is.
Extract from the article:
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An insidious new Gmail phishing attack is tricking even the most careful of users
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--> not really
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RE: Watch Out For Gmail Phishing Attacks 02-13-2017, 05:15 AM
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You should always be on the assumption that you're under attack- no matter what capacity of online activity you're dealing with.
Thanks for this, appreciated.
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RE: Watch Out For Gmail Phishing Attacks 02-13-2017, 08:53 AM
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Thanks for the info, always appreciated. While phishing attacks have been around for a long time, they're getting sophisticator every day. I do think that you should always check varying things like if the URL is right before entering details in a website. Or use fake ones at first.
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Nine Years of Service
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RE: Watch Out For Gmail Phishing Attacks 02-13-2017, 10:39 AM
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interesting method, wouldn't doubt for a second that I'd fall for it.
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