Google Calendar Phishing

kltaylor
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Has anyone recently received calendar invites that you didn't add to your calendar?
Did you just receive a calendar notification stating that you won an item or some money?
I did not too long ago, please read the article from Wired and make adjustments to your Google calendar. Please remember if the offer seems too good to be true, it usually is.
"There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy."
-Warden Anastasia Luccio, Captain
-Warden Anastasia Luccio, Captain
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Thanks for reporting @kltaylor. I get so much phishing attempts and they are increasingly getting more clever. I've not experienced this one yet!
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pwmeek said:@kltaylor Thanks for this. I've made the changes in my Google Calendar settings suggested in the Wired article.It's the new form of phishing, since without that modification to the settings literally, anyone can sign you up for a calendar event with only your email name being known to them.I had an event stating that I won an iPhone ... I'm an Android guy ... so there's that."There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy."
-Warden Anastasia Luccio, Captain2 -
MDavide said:kltaylor said:
Not yet. Thank you for heads up.Has anyone recently received calendar invites that you didn't add to your calendar?
"There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy."
-Warden Anastasia Luccio, Captain1 -
Here's an official response from Google regarding this issue.
"There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy."
-Warden Anastasia Luccio, Captain1 -
MDavide said:
This morning I received my first phishing attempt promising Netflix , one year subscription for free :-)
Now that would be a nice gift.Has anyone else received a message like this and if so what was it regarding? What was your 'free reward' that they offered?"There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy."
-Warden Anastasia Luccio, Captain2 -
Sheesh! Crafty buggers
As we move forward with tech, these attacks get much more innocuous in appearance. Great share @kltaylor
Attacks are increasingly far more methodical and targeted.. examples of what we all know as spear-phishing. Gone are the days when black-hats would use the mass spam tactic, hoping to catch a few in the huge spam blast as it has become far more profitable to spend time on individual targets.1 -
Stratt3000 said:Sheesh! Crafty buggers
As we move forward with tech, these attacks get much more innocuous in appearance. Great share @kltaylor
Attacks are increasingly far more methodical and targeted.. examples of what we all know as spear-phishing. Gone are the days when black-hats would use the mass spam tactic, hoping to catch a few in the huge spam blast as it has become far more profitable to spend time on individual targets.
"There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy."
-Warden Anastasia Luccio, Captain0
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