This message comes from Google, but it’s an attack — do not lose your account to hackers.
dpa/picture alliance via Getty Imagesto 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 security codes.” Last month,, with hackers triggering automated Apple security messages at the same time as calling the target, pretending to be from Apple Support.has just asked how an attacker can “send Google Security Prompts directly to my phone?” The answer is that anyone can initiate an account recovery process for your address. That’s why these prompts tell you to ignore the message unless you triggered it yourself. But in this case — just as with the recent Apple attacks — there was a person on the phone from “Google’s security team” at the same time. It’s that combination — an attack mixed with automated, legitimate messages that’s the convincer. Then the caller asks you to read out one of these automated codes, and you lose your account.It’s easy to stay safe. “If you get an unsolicited or suspicious phone call from someone claiming to be from Apple or Apple Support, just hang up,"As for unexpected security prompts, if you have not initiated an account recovery process or clicked to reset a forgotten password or changed a device, then you must ignore the prompts or messages. Do not click. Do not share codes via email, text or call. Do not engage with anyone contacting you at that same time. It’s always an attack.
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