An email notification created by the scam, which also comes from Google, also contains a potentially malicious link. If tapped, the notification takes you directly to a document that contains a very large, tempting link.
On mobile, the scam uses the collaboration feature in Google Drive to generate a push notification inviting people to collaborate on a document. The smartest part of the scam is that the emails and notifications it generates come directly from Google. The scam itself is nothing new – messages asking you to click on dodgy links are as old as the internet itself – but could catch a lot of people off guard. A flaw in the Drive is being exploited to send out seemingly legitimate emails and push notifications from Google that, if opened, could land people on malicious websites. If you’re using your browser, you can Drag & Drop a file/folder into the drive.Scammers just found a new phishing lure to play with: Google Drive.Click + sign ( New) and then File upload or Folder upload, and then choose the file or folder you want to upload.Go to with your browser or download the app from PlayStore or AppleStore then log in with your Gmail account.Google Drive makes collaboration easier, you can work together in a single document or multiple documents with your team in real-time.
You can also regulate the permissions that others have on your files or folders choosing from the 3 access levels “can edit”, “can comment” and “can view”.
You can regulate the public visibility of a file or folder. You can generate a unique link to share a folder or file with other people, only the people with this link can access the particular file or folder in your drive.įiles and folders can also be made “public on the web”, which means that they can be indexed by search engines and thus can be found and accessed by anyone. You can share a folder or single file privately with other people (using their email addresses) without them having access to other files on folders on your Drive.
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