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Google takes action after coder reports 'most sophisticated attack I've ever seen'

ID: 5f7540b0-133c-5c70-bcb3-a4e7be20ae20

STIX ID: report--5f7540b0-133c-5c70-bcb3-a4e7be20ae20

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
55/100

Date Published: 2025-01-27

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Connor Jones

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The article describes a sophisticated voice‑phishing campaign that abused unverified Google Workspace g.co subdomains and Google Forms to send authentic-looking password reset emails, enabling attackers to socially engineer victims into account takeovers; it recounts Zach Latta's near-compromise and similar cases reported by Brian Krebs, notes Google has suspended the abusing accounts and is hardening defenses, and reminds users that Google will not call to reset passwords.

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