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XSS security hole in Gmail’s dynamic email
The bug was fixed at least a month ago so users receiving dynamic email content have one less thing to worry about.
Yahoo engineer pleads guilty to hacking 6,000 women’s accounts
Reyes Daniel Ruiz went after younger women’s accounts, including those of his personal friends and work colleagues, he admitted.
G Suite users will have ‘confidential’ Gmail mode set to ON by default
Google announced that on 25 June 2019, Gmail’s confidential mode will be switched on by default as the feature becomes generally available.
Most hackers for hire are scammers, research shows
Google & UC San Diego researchers found that only 5 of 27 hacker-for-hire services actually launched attacks against their targets.
2FA codes can be phished by new pentest tool
A researcher has published a tool called Modlishka, capable of phishing 2FA codes sent by SMS or authentication apps.
More phishing attacks on Yahoo and Gmail SMS 2FA authentication
The second report in a week has analysed phishing attacks that are attempting – and probably succeeding – in bypassing older forms of two-factor authentication (2FA).
Sneaky phishing campaign beats two-factor authentication
Protecting an account with multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a no-brainer, but that doesn’t mean every method for doing this is equally secure.
App developers are STILL allowed to read your Gmails
Google is still allowing third-party developers access to access its users’ Gmail data, it said in a letter to Senators last week.
Why Yahoo scanning user email is no cause for panic
The Wall Street Journal yesterday published an unsettling report that the owner of Yahoo, Verizon subsidiary Oath, has been quietly analysing the emails of its 200 million users to sell to advertisers.