Scammers exploit official Google domain to send phishing emails

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Scammers exploit official Google domain to send phishing emails undetected

Cybernews.com published an article about scammers actually using Google’s domain name Google.com to send phishing emails. This is kind of nuts.

From the article:

Scammers have found a way to send fraudulent emails using Google’s official @google.com domain by abusing Google Cloud automation tools. Thousands of organizations received phishing emails that evaded security detection.

If you get emails from a legitimate Google domain ‘noreply-application-integration@google.com,’ beware – scammers might be behind them.

A new large-scale phishing campaign abusing legitimate infrastructure has been flagged by Check Point Harmony Email Security researchers.

Check out the full story on Cybernews.com

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