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While browsing around the web, I ran across this and thought it might also interest my fellow Soylentils:
Hackers have reportedly devised a new phishing method which seems to be tricking even the most experienced and tech savvy users into revealing their account details.
The highly effective phishing campaign seems to be running on a sophisticated automation feature that pounces on newly compromised Gmail accounts to mount a secondary attack on users in the contact list.
Once hackers have taken over a Gmail account, they launch their secondary attack by sending out emails disguised under recently sent attachments and a relevant subject line. The email contains a thumbnail version of the attachment which, when clicked, opens up a convincing Gmail login box a trap that tricks users in revealing their Gmail account password.
http://www.toptechnews.com/article/index.php?story_id=112003V43BDC
Just a heads-up in case you see one of these babies in your inbox....
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 23 2017, @02:13AM
Tech savvy users do not fall for lame-ass, outside ordinary behavior tricks like that. If they do, they obviously weren't very tech savvy.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday January 23 2017, @04:31AM
Exxxxxxactly.
There's nothing new about that particular phish. Same old same old.
And the phish is defeated by two factor authentication, which even the moderately tech savvy already use these days.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Monday January 23 2017, @07:14AM
But many tech-savvy individuals will want to ensure their friends and family are avoiding such tricks.