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Ingenious Phishing Tactics in the Modern Scammer's Toolbox

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The catch was that the document contained a function to transform these gibberish-looking symbols into hexadecimal values that denoted specific JavaScript tags. Google Docs comments abused to spread toxic links In early January 2022, bad actors mastered a new unusual technique to spew out phishing links and avoid detection.

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Cybercrooks Are Increasingly Adept at Gaming Google's Services

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Google Docs comments functionality mishandled for phishing In early 2022, analysts at email security firm Avanan spread the word about a new unorthodox technique for delivering toxic links to numerous users. To ensnare users, bad actors publish sketchy news with well thought out structures of tags and keywords that correspond to hot topics.