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A new ultra-realistic phishing scam reported by aGoogleprogrammer could make a lot of us a little uneasy.
I almost fell for it.
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My mind is a little blown.
From there, the programmer asked if Chloe could confirm this by emailing from an official Google email.
Worryingly, the scammer obliged, and sent Latta an incredibly official looking email with a case number.
This is important, because even our own TechRadarphishing adviceidentifies this as a serious indication of risk.
But g.co is an official Google URL - which is confirmed by Google and even has its ownWikipediapage.
The number is listed on google.com pages, which was enough to placate Latta enough.
Literally 1 button press from being completely pwned.
And I’m pretty technical!
This particular attack has made Google up its defenses in response.
Google also reiterated: “Google will not call you to reset your password or troubleshoot account issues.
If youre not sure what exactly a phishing attack is,weve put together an explainer.
If youd like more detail, take a look at ourfull phishing defenseand how to stop it.
