In a new skirmish, Microsoft took control of six internet domains that were about to be used by the group to spoof US political organisations.
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Google hasn’t suffered an employee phishing compromise in over a year
Phishing attackers have failed to compromise a single employee account at Google since the company mandated authentication using U2F hardware tokens in early 2017. That’s the remarkable claim made to security writer Brian Krebs.
Someone else is reading your Gmails
Remember when privacy advocates used to worry about Google scanning your email? Well now, they have another problem on their hands: real people reading them.
Gmail’s new ‘Confidential Mode’ won’t be completely private
Have you ever wished it were possible to delete an email from a recipient’s inbox days, weeks or months after it was sent? If so and you’re a Gmail or G Suite user, it looks as if Google might be about to enable this kind of ‘self-destructing’ email feature on its platform.
Facebook to warn you of targeted attacks – check this security setting anyway
Facebook announced last Friday that it will notify you it suspects you’re being targeted by nation state actors. Take this extra security step to protect your account, whether you think you’re a target or not …
Dmail promises self-destructing Gmail messages
After an email has been “destroyed” (or, rather, encrypted), recipients will see a message that the email has been killed. Should we trust it will do what it says with personal data?
Fed up with losing email to your spam folder? Gmail’s artificial intelligence wants to help
Google is arming bulk email senders with spam smarts so that you get more of the emails you want and spend less time dumpster-diving for missing email.
Now you can avoid email sender’s remorse with Gmail’s ‘Undo Send’ feature
Wrong recipients and forgotten attachments could soon become a thing of the past with Gmail’s new ‘Undo Send’ feature.
3 ways to make your Gmail account safer
Following on from our detailed guide to securing your webmail, here’s a quick breakdown of how to make the most important fixes, for users of Google’s Gmail.
5 steps to lock down your webmail account
For most people Gmail, Outlook.com or Yahoo! Mail is their main personal account. Here are some of the most important steps to keep unwanted people out of your web-based email account.