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Google hardens DKIM after founders served spoofed Gmail

In Crypto - By Tom Espiner, 26 October 2012 8:50 AM

Weak crypto ditched.

Google warns users of state-sponsored hacking

In Cloud - By Darren Pauli, 6 June 2012 11:36 AM

Keeps methodology under wraps.

Google+ spams users due to dearth of disk space

In Cloud - By Nicole Kobie, 12 July 2011 10:31 AM

Some Gmail accounts hit.

Google kills Gmail spy campaign

In Crypto - By Dan Kaplan, 2 June 2011 9:58 AM

China suspected of targeting Asian nations.

Slapdash SSL certification a risk

In Crypto - By Stewart Mitchell, 8 April 2011 12:04 PM

Certification of non-unique names highlight web weakness, says privacy group.

Google accuses China over Gmail hack attack

In Web/client - By Stewart Mitchell, 22 March 2011 1:28 PM

Google has openly accused China of hacking into Gmail.

Google restoring Gmail messages from tape

In Crypto - By Nicole Kobie, 2 March 2011 12:16 PM

A tape backup has saved the day in Google's widely reported Gmail outage

Gmail fail blamed on storage software bug

In Web/client - By Tom Brewster, 2 March 2011 12:08 PM

Thousands of accounts wiped.

Gmail fail sees accounts wiped

In Messaging - By Tom Brewster, 1 March 2011 11:04 AM

Empty inbox.

Bug blanks out Google Calendars

In Applications - By Nicole Kobie, 24 February 2011 10:17 AM

Google says only a small number of users are affected

Gmail generation threaten corporate security

In Messaging - By Jennifer Scott, 24 February 2011 10:10 AM

Employees under 25 are increasingly working around business email restrictions by using personal accounts to send important documents.

Google quick to fix Gmail spam exploit

In Messaging - By Tom Brewster, 23 November 2010 9:32 AM

Google has addressed an exploit which tried to send spam to Gmail users.

Senators accuse Google of "phishing for profit"

In Risk - 29 October 2010 1:59 PM

Senate Committee points to double standard.

Google admits staff snooped Gmail

In Messaging - By Liam Tung, 16 September 2010 9:24 AM

Engineer crossed the line.

Google fixes Gmail's spam-like error

In Messaging - By Liam Tung, 27 August 2010 9:33 AM

One last Groundhog Day.

Google to scan for suspicious email activity

In Messaging - By Shaun Nichols, 25 March 2010 12:19 PM

Users will be notified of shady Gmail logins.

Iran blocks Gmail permanently for citizens

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 12 February 2010 9:26 AM

Plans approved national email service.

Gmail turns on HTTPS as standard

In Cloud - By Iain Thomson, 15 January 2010 10:11 AM

Making security more embedded in online email.

Corporate spy risks from free email

In Messaging - By Neerav Bhatt, 13 January 2010 3:05 PM

Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail "completely vulnerable" by default.

Google Dashboard centralises privacy settings

In Risk - By Munir Kotadia, 6 November 2009 9:49 AM

iTnews interviews Google Australia engineer Alan Noble.

Password breaches lead to rise in email spam

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 12 October 2009 11:25 AM

Researchers point to Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo! password exposures.

Yahoo, Gmail passwords also phished in far-reaching scam

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 7 October 2009 10:29 AM

Hotmail not the only target.

Hacker Croll details Twitter hack

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 23 July 2009 10:54 AM

The weakness of a password and poor security measures led to the Twitter hacking last week.

Google responds to call for more security

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 18 June 2009 10:51 AM

In response to an open letter from dozens of noted security analysts, Google this week said it intends to more broadly turn on security features in its Gmail application by ...

Proof of concept released for Google Gmail CSRF flaw

In Messaging - By Angela Moscaritolo, 5 March 2009 10:59 AM

A vulnerability in Google's Gmail that enables cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks has been recognised since 2007, but a proof-of-concept (PoC) was just released Tuesday.

Phishers launch multi-platform IM attack

In Messaging - By Phil Muncaster, 26 February 2009 10:38 AM

Users of internet chat services such as Google Chat have been hit by a major phishing attack aimed at stealing account log-in details, security researchers have warned.

Various Kanye West sites hit by hackers

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 28 January 2009 11:26 AM

The personal email and MySpace accounts of American rapper and producer Kanye West have been hit by hackers.

eBay, Gmail and PayPal seek to limit bad emails

In Web/client - 10 July 2008 11:41 AM

PayPal, eBay and Gmail have teamed up to try and limit the amount of spam or phishing mails that their customers receive.

Spammers crack Gmail Captcha codes

In Messaging - By Shaun Nichols, 12 March 2008 9:44 AM

Experts are worried about the security protection on Gmail after a recent rise in spam volumes..

Google claims drop-off in Gmail spam

In Messaging - By Matt Chapman, 3 December 2007 10:19 AM

The number of spam advertising messages sent to email users is levelling off, according to a software engineer at Google's Gmail service..

Google patches Gmail message-forwarding flaw

In Applications - By Frank Washkuch, 3 October 2007 10:05 AM

Google has patched a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Gmail that could allow the forwarding of messages to a malicious user.

Google working to patch Gmail message-forwarding flaw

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 27 September 2007 9:48 AM

A flaw in Gmail can allow an attacker to forward all messages with attachments to another email address.

Google fixes Gmail cross-site request forgery flaw

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 2 January 2007 5:12 PM

Web application giant Google said today that it has fixed what researchers described as a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that could allow an attacker to steal a Gmail ...

Windows OneCare labels Gmail as malicous

In Applications - By Ericka Chickowski, 15 November 2006 3:12 AM

Customers of Windows Live OneCare were advised by Microsoft this week to update their antivirus signature after the service began tagging Google's e-mail service as malicious.

Gmail users warned of new phishing scheme

By Dan Kaplan, 11 July 2006 7:05 PM

Security experts are warning of a new "widespread" phishing scheme that attempts to dupe users of Google's email service, Gmail, into offering account details in exchange for a ...

Google takes care of minor Gmail vulnerability

By Dan Kaplan, 3 March 2006 9:58 PM

Google has patched a minor flaw that allowed JavaScript code to run when viewing a Gmail message, the search engine giant said today.

Gmail reveals secrets to hackers

By David Quainton, 13 January 2005 12:10 PM

People sending emails to Gmail accounts may find they reveal more than they bargained for. A bug within Google mail service allows hackers to reveal details of other users’ ...

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