{"id":56171,"date":"2017-01-19T16:47:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T22:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=56171"},"modified":"2017-01-19T16:47:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T22:47:28","slug":"gmail-phishing-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/gmail-phishing-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Gmail Phishing Attack – Tricking Even the Tech Savvy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gmail Users Targeted in Phishing Attack<\/h4>\n

A phishing attack, that has been confirmed by Inc<\/a>.\u00a0to be in existence for over a year,\u00a0is gaining awareness.\u00a0 Gmail users are being targeted by\u00a0hackers, infiltrating their inboxes.\u00a0\u00a0Once the cyber criminals gain access to a persons email account, they have the ability to review all recent incoming and outgoing messages.\u00a0 This isn’t surprising.\u00a0 What is alarming is what they’re doing with it.\u00a0 Once the hackers find an email with an attachment, they will\u00a0remove the legitimate attachment and replace it with a malicious Gmail login screen.<\/p>\n

From there, they will send the malicious email, or phishing attack, to the person who received the original legitimate message.\u00a0 Since this person is familiar with the original email, the likelihood of them opening the malicious attachment increases significantly.\u00a0 Once they open it, a Gmail login screen will pop up, which they will input their email address and password.\u00a0 From there, the hackers have a whole new inbox to review and spread infections from.<\/p>\n

Example<\/h4>\n

So lets break this down into an example.\u00a0 Joe sends Sara\u00a0a Word\u00a0document, from his Gmail account to hers.\u00a0 Sara’s account\u00a0gets hacked.\u00a0 Cyber criminals see this email, replace the Word document\u00a0with the malicious Gmail login screen, and send it to Joe saying something like “I made some edits to the report, see attachment below.”.\u00a0 Joe clicks on the attachment and then is prompted to log into his Gmail account.\u00a0 He does so, believing it will open the document.\u00a0 Instead, it just provided the hackers with the password to his email account.\u00a0 Now they can access his email and continue to do the same to others.<\/p>\n

Phishing Attacks<\/h4>\n

A phishing attack is when hackers send out emails that include malicious links, attachments, even malware that infects upon opening the email.\u00a0 Phishing attacks are not a new concept, but they are continuing to evolve.<\/p>\n

For example, this Gmail attack.\u00a0 The red flags typically associated with phishing attacks may not be caught because it is coming from an email string that you already know is legitimate.\u00a0 For instance, many times when a phishing attack takes place, you may not know the sender–with this attack, you do.\u00a0 Or you may receive an “urgent” email regarding an attachment that must be opened right away (incorrect invoice, tracking information, unpaid statement, etc.)–with this attack, you’re providing the hacker with an attachment you trust!\u00a0 Also, typically there are grammar and spelling errors within these emails–again, this attack is coming from a string of emails that you already know were safe, if you spot a typo it is likely you’ll chalk it up to human error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gmail Users Targeted in Phishing Attack A phishing attack, that has been confirmed by Inc.\u00a0to be in existence for over a year,\u00a0is gaining awareness.\u00a0 Gmail users are being targeted by\u00a0hackers, infiltrating their inboxes.\u00a0\u00a0Once the cyber criminals gain access to a persons email account, they have the ability to review all recent incoming and outgoing messages.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":56197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5090,183],"tags":[582,5041],"class_list":["post-56171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-tips","tag-gmail","tag-phishing-attack"],"yoast_head":"\nGmail Phishing Attack - 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