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Google App Scripts Become the Latest Way to Establish Credibility and Automate Phishing Attacks

ID: 48ae700f-3d5e-57f2-8e9a-f88e815ae212

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Feed Name: KnowBe4 Blog

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2024-10-11

Date Updated: 2026-04-28

Author: Stu Sjouwerman

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Check Point researchers discovered a phishing campaign sending over 360 multilingual emails that use Google App Scripts (script.google.com) as the destination for malicious links to increase perceived legitimacy and automate actions; although the emails appear poorly written and may be caught by trained users, abuse of the Google platform could allow messages to bypass scanners and deceive less-aware recipients.

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