Phishers Use Google Translate to Boost Success

Phishers Use Google Translate to Boost Success

Researchers have warned users of a new phishing technique which uses Google Translate to add authenticity to scams.

Akamai security researcher Larry Cashdollar explained in a blog post that he was targeted by this tactic early in the new year, receiving an email telling him his Google account had been accessed from a new Windows device.

Clicking through on the attached link would bring victims to a fake Google log-in page, with the malicious domain loaded through Google Translate.

By Phil Muncaster

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