Hackers have come up with a new way to hack Google accounts
News Web Services / / December 19, 2019
Do not fall for a new trick attackers lure passwords to your Google account using the create fake email attachment.
To be a hacker, you need not only a virtuoso to find vulnerabilities in someone else's code, but also well-versed in psychology. It is this quality show creators a new way to hack Google accounts.
Instruction counter can be found at the end of the article.
The attack begins when you mail a letter arrives with an attachment. It may be issued as a press release, the offer of cooperation or simply the announcement of important information. It is important that it must contain an attachment file in Google Drive, - some harmless text document, spreadsheet, or PDF.
You know that the files in Google Drive, you can quite safely open - Google ensures their safety.
Hackers precisely on this count. Instead of the actual file, they are placed in an attachment image that mimics a table or other electronic document. After clicking on it the user is taken to the fake Google login page.
This page is no different from the present, except for the addresses. But how many of us in the daily commotion pay attention to such trifles?
Then the user enters his login and password, which were immediately made known to the attacker. Cracking place.
To avoid becoming another victim, enough to observe two simple rules.
- Any e-mail attachments can be dangerous. Even those who until recently were regarded as completely harmless.
- When entering a password is required to pay attention to the address of the login page. It must start with https: //.
- Use two-factor authentication.
Be careful, and less haste. That's because it is most often committed by stupidity.