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Phishing Attempt Targets Google Accounts of U.S. Officials

“Phishing” is a part of the 21st-century web. As anyone who’s used Facebook can testify, users plainly can and do fall for fake links, sites, or applications that then take over all or a portion of their account. When it comes to a normal email account or Facebook profile, phishing serves primarily as an annoyance; users may temporarily lose access to their account and the fake link may be propagated through their profile. But a recent phishing attack in Google’s Gmail contains a much greater threat thanks to the targets in question: U.S. officials, U.S. military leaders, Chinese human rights activists, Asian military officials, and journalists.

These attacks seem to be using an approach known as “spear phishing,” wherein the users receive a highly personalized message that contains images that are virtually identical to those found on the actual Gmail servers. Once a user falls for a single phishing attempt, the phishing group can then use the information t [...]
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Date : 2011-06-02 21:05:58
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