Spammers abuse Google Forms’ quiz to deliver scams

• Spammers are exploiting the "Release scores" feature of Google Forms quizzes to deliver email.


• The emails originate from Google's own servers and consequently may have an easier time bypassing anti-spam protections and finding the victim's inbox.


• Volumes of these messages hovered near noise levels but have recently spiked into the hundreds.

Cisco Talos has recently observed an increase in spam messages abusing a feature of quizzes created within Google Forms. In particular, spammers have discovered that they can create a …

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