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Subject:    [ISN] Oxford University blocks Google Docs as phishing attacks soar
From:       InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date:       2013-02-20 7:10:45
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http://news.techworld.com/security/3426962/oxford-university-blocks-google-docs-as-phishing-attacks-soar/

By John E Dunn
Techworld
19 February 2013

Oxford University has taken the radical step of temporarily blocking access to 
Google Docs after a dramatic increase in phishing attacks trying to harvest 
academic email credentials using bogus forms hosted on the service.

On Monday the University's IT team it said it dealt with a clutch of account 
compromises in the space of a few days, almost all using Google Docs to host 
fake helpdesk alerts.

Unable to get Google to remove the pages quickly enough, and with spammers 
hijacking legitimate University domain accounts to send spam, the IT department 
decided to pull the plug for several hours while it considered what technical 
counter-measures it might deploy.

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