Hi all, I just wanted to pass this along, since I know there are many gmail users on list. I actually got one of these yesterday - it's for real.
Cheers, Donna > A new malware threat has been spreading rapidly over the past 24 hours with > several instances of the threat reported to CSIT staff. This particular > threat is a sophisticated phishing scam leveraging Gmail contacts to > replicate itself. > > The threat presents itself as an email message notifying the recipient that a > Google Docs document has been shared with them. The message appears to come > from a contact known to the recipient and includes a link to the shared > document. If message recipient clicks on the link, they are taken to a web > page disquised as the Google logon page where any credential they enter are > collected. > > Once Google credentials have been collected the malware uses those > credentials to access the contacts and mailbox in order to replicate the > original malicious mailing yet again. Hence the rapid spread of the threat. > > Google has taken actions to mitigate the threat - such as taking down > fraudulent web pages and blocking compromised Gmail accounts. Nevertheless, > Google users have been warned against reflexively clicking on links to shared > documents regardless the apparent source. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
