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The attacks started in July 2021 in which threat actors exploited Microsoft MSHTML vulnerability to target overseas Iranians. SafeBreach Labs researchers discovered a new Iranian threat actor trying to steal Instagram and Google (Gmail) login credentials of Farsi-speakers globally. The threat actor is using a new PowerShell-based stealer dubbed PowerShortShell by SafeBreach Labs. The attacks […]
Google states that the problem is fixed now, and all services are back online for most users. On Monday, at around 11:56 GMT, all Google services went down abruptly. Countless users across the globe were affected by this sudden service outage. The disrupted services include Google Search, Google Assistant, Gmail, Google Drive, and YouTube. Downdetector, […]
Unfortunately, data breaches are very common incidents today, with email addresses being one of the most exposed data in these cases. In this regard, information security experts, in collaboration with the firm Who Is Hosting This, conducted a study to find the most secure email services, as well as those most exposed to hackers. One […]
Popular malware TrickBot is back and this time it has learned some new capabilities like stealing cookies. So far, it has infected around 250 million Gmail accounts. As per the research firm Deep Instinct, among the affected accounts, some belonging to the governments of the US, the UK, and Canada have also fallen victim to […]
The app made its way to Google Play Store was also found phishing users for Facebook credentials. Scary Granny ZOMBY Mod: The Horror Game 2019 is the latest game on Google Play Store that is condemned by the digital security fraternity for sneakily stealing personal data from unsuspecting users. The game, which has been downloaded […]
Cybercriminals often seem to find a way to fulfill their malicious intent and the new way in town is phishing via Google Calendar, popularly called Calendar Phishing. As per a report by security firm Kaspersky, scammers are sending across phishing links to users via Google Calendar in Gmail, taking advantage of a setting on the […]
Are you looking for some free email services for 2019? Well, you have landed in the right place. We have already talked about some of the free email clients for Windows 10 and also about free email apps for Android. There is a difference between an email client and an email service or email provider. You […]
Web application security specialists reported that Google made a serious security error when securing the passwords of some of its business clients because, for nearly 14 years, the company stored them in plain text by accident. The incident impacts only users of G Suite, service that provides multiple Google products with a custom domain name […]
This issue is linked with G Suite users only while free consumer Google accounts remained unharmed. A couple of days ago it was reported that Google has been using Gmail to secretly store its users’ purchase history for years. Now, the company has revealed that its team recently discovered a bug due to which some […]
Google knows “what, when, where & how much” about your online shopping but claims it does not use the data for advertisement. Gmail is home to more than 1.5 billion users which makes it a lucrative service for Google whose business model demands data collected from users’ online searches, web browsing, and other online activities. […]
The auto-delete feature will be available in the coming weeks. On Wednesday, Google announced that it will now allow users to automatically delete the old location history as well as web history that its services usually save. This will be done using the newly added feature called “Auto-Delete” that lets you delete Location History and […]
Google will ban logins from embedded browser frameworks, starting June 2019. The reason is the increased risk of phishing hacks using the man-in-the-middle attack. In this exploit, the conversation between the two parties is intercepted by a third unknown entity, who can change its content. Users are most vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks when they login […]
A DNS hijacking campaign, active for at least three months, has been attacking users of the most popular online services, such as Gmail, Netflix, PayPal, among others, reported specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS), the best ethical hacking institute. As part of the attack campaign, threat actors have compromised the clients’ […]
The Gmail app for Android has started getting the new refreshed interface that Google has also added to many of its other apps and services. For example, Gmail for Desktop, Google Photos, and Android Messages to name a few. It has a similar all-white background in the inbox and also in the sidebar when you […]
Gmail has been in existence since April 1, 2004, it was launched in a very unique way compared to other mainstream email service at that time, Yahoomail and Hotmail. Google was so courageous with their marketing campaign when they first release Gmail, as only those people who received an invite can open a new account […]
The popular Google Translate service is used as a tool to deploy cyberattacks Network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security reported the emergence of a phishing campaign in which attackers use the Google Translate service to extract Google and Facebook access credentials from their victims. The cybersecurity specialist known […]
After redesigning the web version of Gmail sometime back, Google is now releasing a design overhaul for Gmail on Mobile. Based on Google’s Material Theme which unifies the design and appearance for all the Google apps for convenient usage, Gmail on Mobile will support various features such as Smart Replies and Reminders to follow up […]
The attack was carried out by Iran-backed charming kitten hackers and victims include dozens of US government officials. Private emails of US sanctions officials and nuclear scientists have been breached by Iranian state-sponsored hackers. As per the data obtained by Certfa, a cybersecurity firm based in London, the hacking group Charming Kitten is responsible for the […]
Gmail, as we know, is a popular and commonly preferred email platform around the world. That’s why any news about a bug in this platform is bound to create chaos among users. And, that’s exactly the case this time. Software developer Tim Cotten has discovered a bug Gmail’s ‘From:’ header structure that can allow the […]
Sad news about the unauthorized viewing of email messages by third-party application developers has alarmed Gmail users. It’s understood the Internet giant did not resort to ignoring the problem, the corporation provided detailed comments on possible exposure of the letters dispatched by its users to unauthorized reading and updated protection mechanisms. There is something more […]
Google says that third parties can access the users’ Gmail data, but they also conduct evaluations and monitoring Google has responded to questions made by Republican members in the US Senate on how the enterprise monitors and controls the access of app developers to users’ Gmail content, as reported by specialists in ethical hacking. Last June, the […]