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Gmail and Microsoft Outlook users have issued a red alert

A report by cyber security firm BlueVoyant found a 240% increase in email scams targeting users, with phishing often difficult to detect.

Security experts have issued a new warning to anyone using the two email sites, saying: “One of the more sophisticated ways to evade detection involves multiple redirects, redirecting consumers to fake domains while redirecting would-be threat hunters or phishing analysts to a page errors.

“These evasion mechanisms include user agent or IP restrictions and blocklisting, with a significant focus on bot and crawler detection.

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“The purpose of this type of redirection is to hide phishing content on one website, redirecting threat hunters elsewhere, such as the target’s official domain, Google search, etc.”

The report adds: “Dynamic DNS hosting providers are particularly popular with threat actors because they provide a convenient platform for easily setting up and hosting multiple phishing pages without registering a domain.

“BlueVoyant tracked phishing activity using this infrastructure from 2021 and found that 67% of all phishing attacks by the end of that year were hosted on dynamic DNS infrastructure, demonstrating the infrastructure’s rapid adoption and widespread use.”

The report also warned of an increase SMS phishingwhen scammers start targeting vulnerable people via text messages.

Providing advice on what to do if you’ve been targeted by a phishing scam, consumer experts Which? said: “If you have been a victim of fraud, contact your bank immediately to suspend your card and account.

“Your bank or building society will then be able to provide specialist support from their fraud department.

“At the end of the day, if you have any doubt about the authenticity of a text message or email, it’s probably a scam.

“Take a moment to think about the message; did you wait for it, check for spelling errors and double-check the sender’s address.

“If the email address from the sender doesn’t look legitimate, don’t click on it.

“If you believe this is a scam, you can forward the email as an attachment to Action Fraud who will investigate, or alternatively forward it to report@phishing.gov.uk.”

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