This is not the actual Google Docs app.Īlso go through this list carefully and see what apps have access to your Google account information. Just remove the Google Docs app from this list. Out here, you will see links for all the app, which have access to your Google account. Just go to the link /permissions (make sure it says HTTPS in front of the link). You can always revoke access for this fake Google Docs app. If you think only users in the US are facing the scam, people in our office has also got this ‘Google Doc’ link. The email claims to be from someone you know, someone in you contacts, but the email id gives away that this is a phishing scam. The code's availability indicated that this email virus may have been the work of "script kiddies," or juvenile pranksters, rather than cybercriminals or nation-state-backed hackers.As Twitter user Zach Latta shared on his Twitter feed, the phishing link is pretty Just got this as well. However, the source code for today's attack was quickly found on at least two code-sharing websites. APT28 is one of the two Russian groups that hacked into the Democratic National Committee's email servers during the 2016 U.S.
Tait added that the ongoing attack was very similar to a spear-phishing campaign last year carried out by APT28, aka Pawn Storm or Fancy Bear, and documented by the Tokyo-based security firm Trend Micro (opens in new tab) in a recent report. Malicious hackers love stealing 0Auth tokens because they can be reused until the user completely logs out of an account on all devices. Likewise, if you keep a browser logged into a Twitter account indefinitely, that's OAuth at work. For example, when you log into Gmail on one Chrome tab, then open another tab to open Google Drive, a 0Auth "token" logs you into the second tab's content automatically. Tricks you into giving 'permission' to read your emails," tweeted Matt Tait, a British security expert.ĠAuth is a widely used credentialing standard that keeps you logged into accounts for a long period of time, and can also be used across accounts. "This big phishing attack is clever an OAUTH based attack. (We originally advised changing your Google password, but that doesn't seem to have been necessary.) Select the fake Google Docs and click the blue "REMOVE" button. If so, that's the fake one - the real Google Docs shouldn't appear on this page.
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