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Google Calendar phishing campaign hijacks sessions and bypasses MFA

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Attackers sent fake Google Calendar invites that led people to counterfeit login pages. The scheme could take over corporate Google sessions even where extra login protection was in use. Researchers at Material Security helped track the campaign and get nearly 900 of the attackers' domains taken down.

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What to do

  1. Treat unexpected Google Calendar invitations and login prompts with suspicion, as they were the lure in this campaign.
  2. Review the Material Security write-up for details on how the campaign was tracked and blocked.

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