Security researchers have revealed a phishing campaign that abused Google Cloud’s email automation to deliver legitimate-looking enterprise notifications from trusted domains.

The attack chain demonstrates how cloud trust, familiar formatting, and multi-stage redirection can work together to bypass both technical controls and user skepticism.

This raises broader questions about how defenders evaluate risk in automated cloud workflows.

What lessons should security teams take from this case?

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Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/cybercriminals-abuse-google-cloud-email.html

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