If You See This Google Message, Your Gmail Is Under Attack

If You See This Google Message, Your Gmail Is Under Attack

By Zak Doffman
Publication Date: 2025-12-09 16:55:00

Updated on Dec. 9 with another message attack now targeting users.

America’s cyber defense agency now warns Google, Microsoft and Apple users to secure their accounts — change passwords, remove SMS two-factor authentication and add passkeys. But hackers are quickly evolving their attacks. Even a message from Google, Apple or Microsoft may be an attack, as hackers target your accounts.

Apple warns attacks now use “sophisticated tactics to persuade you to hand over personal details such as sign-in credentials (and) security codes.” Last month, these tactics made headlines, with hackers triggering automated Apple security messages at the same time as calling the target, pretending to be from Apple Support.

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