When we talk about the Phishing attack, it is a technique in which a hacker tries to steal personal data from a person or organization, but you think you’re too smart to be deceived. That’s where the problem is: some attacks are more sophisticated and we need a little attention to unmask them. Nowadays the hackers have become so much smarter than before that now when they try to make a Phishing attack they come up with all kind of sophistication to make sure that the person to whom they are targeting should fell into the trap and the hackers have an access to his/her personal data or Information.
A new Gmail Phishing Attack has been reported by a British Comedian named Tom Scott, According to the British comedian Tom Scott, When he was opening a common email in Gmail, he saw that it had a supposed attachment and almost clicked on it. Before falling into the trap, he realized that the attachment block was blurred due to the high definition screen he uses and did not click. It did well: the block was actually an image that led to a fake Google login page. The hackers make it look like an attachment is there for the downloading but it actually was an image that contains a link to fake Google Login Page, that looks like the actual one and if the comedian would have clicked on it and given away the personal information, his Gmail Account would have been hacked by the Cyber Criminals.
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| Pic Posted On Twitter by Tom Scott |
As we can see over there, the attachment looks quite genuine and anyone can click on it.
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| Pic Posted On Twitter by Tom Scott, The Fake Login Page |
The fake login page can be unmasked/identified by the URL: there is a “date: text/html” up front, but anyone who is distracted may not even notice and send their false information to someone who is malicious. Always make sure to check the URL if you are been provided with a link by someone else to visit.
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