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Iran blocks Google and Gmail | TechEye
Tehran is claiming that its move to block access to Google and Gmail is in reaction to an anti-Islam film that triggered protests across the world. The movie, Innocence of Muslims, which appears to have been created to start riots in Arab countries, has placed Google in a position where Iran wanted. The Iranians had wanted a pretext to ban [...]
Google Fixes Persistent XSS Flaw in Gmail | threatpost
A security researcher found a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability in Gmail, a serious bug that the Google security team has now fixed. The vulnerability is one of three XSS flaws that the researcher, Nils Juenemann, discovered recently and reported to Google. The persistent XSS in Gmail, Google’s hugely popular webmail service, would have given an [...]
Zeus exploits users of Facebook, Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! | The Help Net Security
Trusteer discovered a series of attacks being carried out by a P2P variant of the Zeus platform against users of Facebook, Google Mail, Hotmail and Yahoo – offering rebates and new security measures. The scams exploit the trust relationship between users and these well-known service providers, as well as the Visa and MasterCard brands, to [...]
Gmail hit by massive outage: Up to 35 million affected | ZDNet
Google suffered a serious outage to its Gmail web-email service yesterday, which could have left up to 35 million users without access to their messages. Google suffered a massive Gmail outage last night that affected up to 10 percent of its global users, leaving them unable to access their personal email accounts — and in [...]
Phishing for passwords of unwary Google users | Naked Security
How much damage could be done if your Gmail password fell into the wrong hands? Quite a lot I would wager. Because not only would an identity thief be able to send emails pretending to be you, and trawl through your old messages for passwords and financial information, but also your Gmail password will also [...]
Beware of bogus Gmail Hacker software – Help Net Security
Hacking into someone’s mail account can be easy if the person chose an easily guessable password, but could be nigh impossible to brute force it if it’s long and complicated enough. Also, passwords can be forgotten or lost and the users stumped on how to gain access to their email accounts again. Here is where [...]
Google contacts Iranian users to secure Gmail accounts – NetworkWorld
Google is directly contacting users in Iran, who may have been compromised by a rogue SSL certificate, to recommend measures to secure their accounts. While Google’s internal systems were not compromised, it is directly contacting possibly affected users and providing information on securing their accounts because its top priority is to protect the privacy and [...]
Hackers acquire Google certificate, could hijack Gmail accounts – Network World
Repeat of Comodo affair last March; foreign government may be behind theft, says researcher. Hackers have obtained a digital certificate good for any Google website from a Dutch certificate provider, a security researcher said today. Criminals could use the certificate to conduct “man-in-the-middle” attacks targeting users of Gmail, Google’s search engine or any other service [...]
Suspected Chinese spear-phishing attacks continue to hit Gmail users – ComputerWorld
Researcher details more bids to hijack high-value email accounts. Computerworld – Months after Google said that Chinese hackers were targeting the Gmail accounts of senior U.S. government officials, attempts to hijack Gmail inboxes continue, a researcher said Thursday. “Once compromises happen and are covered in the news, they do not disappear and attackers don’t give [...]
Google Mail wants to help users identify phishing emails – The H Security
In future, Google Mail will display added email sender information so that users can better determine whether they are dealing with a phishing scam. Instead of just the sender’s name, Google Mail users can now also see the sender’s full address. However, this address might not be correct, as it is very easy to generate [...]
Chrome encrypts Gmail whether you want it or not – Cnet
Google, which has found Gmail to be a target of hacking attempts from China, has modified Chrome so the browser always encrypts connections with the e-mail service. Google already changed Gmail to use encryption by default, a mode indicated by the “https” at the beginning of a browser address bar that means outsiders sniffing network [...]
itnews – US weighs security after Google hacking allegation
Cyber defence now a ‘diplomatic priority’. Washington has scrambled to assess whether security had been compromised after Google revealed that a major cyber attack targeting U.S. officials had been pegged to China. “These allegations are very serious,” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. “We take them seriously; we’re looking into them,” Clinton told reporters [...]
CSO | Security and Risk – Hotmail and Yahoo Users Also Victims of Targeted Attacks
Web mail users at Yahoo and Hotmail have been hit with the same kind of targeted attacks that were disclosed earlier this week by Google, according to security software vendor Trend Micro. Web mail users at Yahoo and Hotmail have been hit with the same kind of targeted attacks that were disclosed earlier this week [...]
The Register – Admin: Gmail phishers stalked victims for months
Senior gov officials data mined for future attacks. Spear phishers who targeted the personal Gmail accounts of senior government officials painstakingly monitored incoming and outgoing email for almost a year, a researcher who helped uncover the campaign said. In some cases, the attackers sent the victims emails designed to originate from friends or colleagues in [...]
BBC News – China rejects Gmail spying claims
China has rejected allegations of involvement in a cyber-spying campaign targeting the Google e-mail accounts of top US officials, military personnel and journalists. A foreign ministry spokesman said it was “unacceptable” to blame China. Google has not blamed the Chinese government directly, but says the hacking campaign originated in Jinan. The US company said its [...]
