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Phishers Target Def Con Attendees with Persistent Campaign

Meet the sneaky phishing scam that hit Def Con attendees, using a clever Google Doc trick that looked legit - but led to a malicious web page instead. A security researcher got roped in by a scammer impersonating a CoinDesk executive, and things quickly escalated.

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Google Docs Exposes Staging Server Credentials in Search Results

A simple Google search led to a major security slip-up when a developer stumbled upon a publicly indexed Google Doc containing sensitive staging server credentials. A careless mistake by an outside contractor had left the confidential info exposed, and a curious autocomplete suggestion revealed it all.

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Claude for Chrome Flaw Exposes Gmail, Google Docs to Rogue Extensions

A security flaw in Claude for Chrome could put your Gmail, Google Docs, and Calendar at risk of being accessed by rogue extensions, with researchers rating the vulnerability as high-severity. A simple script with just six lines of code can trick the extension into treating a fake click as a genuine user action.

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