A new video series, Google Forms spam and the various gray areas of cyber attacks
Summary: Cisco Talos reported that attackers are abusing a Google Forms quiz feature to route spam and scam messages past email filters, with one case involving a deep cryptocurrency-related scam. Talos also noted that a coalition of more than 40 international governments, including the European Union and Interpol, agreed at the U.S.-led Counter Ransomware Initiative meeting not to pay ransomware extortion payments, a commitment that applies to those countries' government agencies.
What you should know: The Google Forms messages arrive appearing to come from Google, often right after a user has filled out a form, which makes them more likely to succeed than traditional spam. The ransomware pledge binds government agencies, while private companies operating in those nations remain the most frequent targets and must still weigh paying against extended downtime.
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