Google: Fraud cases have increased a lot in the country. Recently, tech giant Microsoft had issued an advisory in which Windows users were warned that users may face outages like Crowdstrike again. This warning was given to Indian users. May face it again. However, this warning was given for Indian users. Now Google has also issued an advisory. According to the information, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has reported that there has been an increase in phishing campaigns supported by the Iranian government. The name of this group is APT42.
Google gave information
For your information, let us tell you that Google informed in the blog that Iran’s APT42 is always targeting high-profile users in Israel and America. Its victims include current and past government officials, people working in political campaigns and diplomats.
Not only this, NGOs and educational institutions are also on their target. This is because they contribute to foreign policy. According to the information, in the last 6 months, APT42 has affected 60 percent of the people of America and Israel.
This is how marks are made
For your information, let us tell you that Google has stated in its blog that APT42 is using many types of strategies in email phishing attacks. This comes under the category of cyber crime. In this, criminals ask users to share information like username and password. This is how APT42 carries out its phishing attacks.
In this method, scammers send emails to users which contain the names of legitimate organizations such as government agencies. They also create a fake website for this. After this, people are asked to click on an unknown link assuming it to be a genuine email. In such a situation, Google has asked people to be cautious.
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