Security News > 2022 > January > Hackers exploit Google Docs in new phishing campaign

Attackers are taking advantage of the comment feature in Google Docs to send people emails with malicious links, says Avanan.

A new report released Thursday by email security provider Avanan looks at a new phishing campaign that abuses a popular feature in Google Docs to deploy malicious emails.

First, the email itself comes from a legitimate Google service, so it's likely to evade detection and be trusted by users at first glance.

Second, the email includes just the attacker's display name and not their email address, which means anti-spam filters may fail to catch it.

Avanan said that it informed Google about this exploit on January 3 through the Report Phish Through Email button in Gmail.

If you're wary of a particular Google Docs comment email, contact the actual sender to see if they sent you the comment.

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