For its Gmail application on Android, Google deploys an additional layer of protection against phishing. Chance of the calendar.
The Gmail application on Android has the right to deploy a new security feature. In this case, it is an additional layer of protection to prevent users from falling into the trap of a phishing attack.
When pressing a suspect link in a message, Gmail will display a warning that will prompt the user to think twice before visiting a site identified for phishing.
Access to the page is not prohibited but the full destination URL is clearly displayed. What a priori easily identify a destination more than doubtful. Nevertheless, a link can be used to indicate a warning that is incorrect.
Chance of the calendar, this deployment was announced while a phishing attack on Google accounts made itself known. Gmail users - less than 0.1% according to Google - received an email trapped with a so-called link for sharing a Google Docs document.
Target users were redirected to an authentic Google OAuth service where a fake Google Docs application required access to the Gmail inbox and contacts. An attempt to steal an access token later used to send the phishing email to the victim's contacts.
A priori, the new security feature in Gmail on Android would not have thwarted this attack that Google has annihilated after one hour by blocking the false application.
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