Google details how it clamped down on massive phishing scam

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CNet - 5/4/2017 - Lynn La -The internet was a flurry Wednesday over a sophisticated phishing scam that was circulating around to Google users. With the aim to steal access to users' accounts, the attack was masked as an invitation to open a Google Doc. Victims were asked to open a document, which would unknowingly grant permissions to their accounts. The scheme would then employ a technique called Open Authorization (OAuth) that used emails in a user's contact list to continue spreading itself. (Click here for CNET's full Google Doc phishing explained.) Read more @ https://www.cnet.com/news/google-doc-phishing-scam/