![]() The attacker can now sift through the Sent Messages folder, learn the user’s writing style, and then continue to spread the scam, emailing the attachment to the user’s remaining contacts. If user logins are entered, their Gmail account is immediately compromised. ![]() Once the attachment is opened, the user is seamlessly directed to a phishing page that is disguised as Google’s non-threatening sign-in page. ![]() The bogus email contains an image attachment that looks like a harmless PDF file. The attacker may have copied that contact’s writing style and speech pattern in order to gain the recipient’s trust. Users unwittingly compromise their account security by opening a malicious email attachment that can come from a known contact within the user’s address book. Described as one of the most convincing to date, the scam lures unsuspecting users into entering their login information, enabling their messages to be read by hackers. Phishing scams have long been plaguing email providers and their millions of users, and Gmail is the latest to take a hit from hackers. By Mark Phillips ¦ ¦ Updated 25th April 2017, 06.514 EDT
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