Fake Google Security Team ad says 'no script reading' in voice phishing - then prints the script
Am I speaking with Larry Boyles?” The Trellix threat-intel analysts note that the “‘recorded line’ flourish is a nice touch, because nothing says legitimacy like a fraudster cosplaying compliance theatre. "We don't want to glorify them, what's the opposite we can do? We're going to roast them," Fokker told us during a conversation at RSAC."I'm trying to spark a debate, or a healthy conversation, about what we can do as an industry," he said.
- ▪Am I speaking with Larry Boyles?” The Trellix threat-intel analysts note that the “‘recorded line’ flourish is a nice touch, because nothing says legitimacy like a fraudster cosplaying compliance theatre.
- ▪"We don't want to glorify them, what's the opposite we can do?
- ▪We're going to roast them," Fokker told us during a conversation at RSAC."I'm trying to spark a debate, or a healthy conversation, about what we can do as an industry," he said.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); security Fake Google Security Team ad says 'no script reading' in voice phishing - then prints the script More mockery and memes from the Dark Web Roast Jessica Lyons Jessica Lyons Cybersecurity Editor Published fri 25 Sep 2026 // 20:13 UTC READ MORE Google-backed energy outfit brings 33 MW of 4 GW geothermal potential online in Utah 1 hour ago Google Gemini can present cartoon or lifelike avatars to lip-sync generative chatter 19 hours ago Google's TPUs to catch some rays in orbit next…
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