Hijackers and Virus Infections - Malware infections of all popular types can be used to spawn links.If enabled they will display pop-up windows and large text links that will lead to the Google Docs phishing scam. Whenever they are opened by the users a prompt will asking the users to enable the built-in scripts. They can be of any popular document type: presentations, rich text documents, spreadsheets and databases. Document Scripts - By opening up infected documents made by the hackers the uers can view the link to the Google Docs phishing scam message.Whenever they are opened links to the Google Docs will be shown to the users and they will be coerced into opening them. Web Sites - The malicious users may set up web sites and portals that pose as legitimate vendor landing pages, Internet portals and etc.They are coerced into opening up the shown link. The hackers can customize the messages pretending to be from a company, service or vendor that is offering them additional information. The messages may be either personalized or sent as a generic alert. Email Messages - The victims will receive email message invitations or direct Google Docs links.The most popular methods are the following: In this case the malicious users can use the same mechanism as those used by browser hijackers and viruses. The primary one is the spread of a malicious link where the users are coerced into interact with the content. Over the last few years we have detected independent campaigns that all seek to send out scam links and virus content to the recipients.Īs they are carried out by independent groups various tactics can be used.

Recent security reports indicate that a new wave of Google docs phishing scam messages have been observed by computer users worldwide. Google Docs Phishing Scam – Distribution Ways

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