Heads up, Gmail users: a new phishing attack is making the rounds and it’s fooling even technically-savvy, security-conscious users.
The ruse aims to steal usernames and passwords for Gmail and other services, and “is being used right now with a high success rate,” according to Mark Maunder, CEO of WordPress security plugin Wordfence, who described the campaign in detail. Like other phishing attacks, this one starts with an email. Instead of a random person, the email may appear to have been sent by someone you know, and it may include an image of an attachment you recognize from the sender. [Read more…]
Source: PC Mag