Items tagged with Gmail
A recent report of a highly sophisticated phishing attack exploiting Google services targeting a lead developer at Ethereum Foundation, Nick Johnson, proves that internet users need to take more precautions to protect themselves from social engineering tactics like phishing.
The attack's sophistication lies in...
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Phishing attacks continue to surge, with estimates indicating over 800,000 victims in the first quarter of 2024, a 4% rise from the same period the previous year. Attackers persistently try to deceive individuals into revealing their credentials. While Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is commonly used as a defense...
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The holidays are a time for cheer, joy, and time with friends and family. However, Google is warning Gmail users to be mindful, as grinches are looking to take advantage of people with scams and spam this time of year. The company is reporting that there has a been a significant uptick in e-mail messages since...
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Google appears to be working on giving billions of Gmail users a new way of fighting against spam. It seems the company is preparing a new way of creating temporary email addresses within a Gmail account, possibly called ‘Shielded Email’. And with Google in the process of deleting millions of inactive accounts, there...
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As artificial intelligence continues to progress, nefarious actors are finding new ways of using the technology to their advantage. A new warning has been issued by Microsoft Solutions consultant Sam Mitrovic concerning a "super realistic" AI scam that is said to be capable of tricking “even the most experienced of...
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Google is getting serious about deleting Gmail accounts that have been left inactive by users, as it works to improve the Gmail experience. Initially, the company made the announcement last year about the change to its inactive account policy, and it seems as if it is finally rolling out to accounts that meet the...
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Twenty years ago today, Google launched a new product that was initially thought to be an April Fools' Day prank. However, that was quite the opposite, creating Gmail, which would eventually come to have over a billion users with an unfathomable quantity of emails in their accounts. While the history of how Gmail came...
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An X/Twitter user with nearly 100,000 followers had people researching if Google was planning to shut down its popular Gmail service after posting a supposed screenshot of an email claiming that was the case. The post quickly went viral, amassing over 7.6 million views in less than 24 hours. But is Google really going...
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Google will soon be cracking down on spam emails sent to Gmail accounts. The company announced the upcoming changes in October of last year, remarking new protections were coming to provide a safer, less spammy inbox.
Anyone who has ever had an email account has probably encountered their fair share of spam emails...
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That Gmail account you've been keeping in your back pocket could be on the chopping block. The company updated its inactive account policy earlier this year, and the deadline is fast approaching. Beginning December 1, Google will delete most accounts that haven't been touched in two years or more. You can save your...
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Google has announced its release of Duet AI for Google Workspace which will supercharge Gmail, Google Docs, and more. Duet AI is designed to help users focus on what really matters while it handles the rest.
Since Google's Duet AI was introduced, the company says thousands of companies and more than a million...
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Gmail users around the world have been getting pop-up notifications in the past few days prompting them to up their security with Enhanced Safe Browsing. This feature, which is enabled across all Google products with a simple toggle, enables real-time security scanning and will help protect you against phishing and...
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Google has announced seven new and upcoming features for its Google Chat. The company says these new features will make it easier to use and more fun to message family and friends.
Whether it be a direct message or a group conversation, Google Chat helps individuals and teams to collaborate with another in a fluid...
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Over the last year, Google has been trying to step up its security game regarding all things Gmail, from client-side email encryption to brand verification measures to help prevent phishing and spam. However, a security researcher discovered an issue with the latter, putting all Gmail users at risk just before the...
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We have seen many iterations of Gmail come and go in its 19-year history, but other than the ill-fated attempt at a complete relaunch with the now defunct Google Inbox, we have yet to see any significant changes in its fundamental features in quite some time. For the most part, that's just fine, but it has not made...
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In recent years and months, personal privacy and security have become of utmost importance when it comes to choosing and using different platforms online. TikTok exists as something of an outlier on that front, but we digress. With this change and, ultimately, the publics’ pursuit of privacy, Google has announced...
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Have you ever gotten that e-mail that says, "Your order has been shipped," but it provided no additional information? Or worse yet, you're given a tracking number, but the shipping company has no record of that tracking number existing. It's frustrating for sure, but Google is releasing a new GMail feature that will...
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Successful hacking involves more than just gaining unauthorized access to a system. Once inside, malicious actors like to cover their tracks not only to prevent getting caught, but also to maximize how much data they can extract. To this end, the Iranian-backed hacker group known as Charming Kitten has been discovered...
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On April 1, 2004, Google announced that it would be rolling out its e-mail service. The e-mail service was aptly named GMail. The web-driven mail client initially brought a new style of e-mail management.
Developed initially by engineer Paul T. Buchheit, GMail skirted a typical e-mail norm which often built its...
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At more than 20% of the worldwide market share in email servers, Gmail, Google’s e-mail service, is currently the number one provider of email on the planet according. As such, Google actually updates the system fairly frequently, and the coming months will be no different—Gmail is getting a makeover and it looks...
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The Google I/O event this year brought forth a whole bunch of different Google announcements, such as changes in WearOS or the Android 12 Public Beta. While those announcements took centerstage, other handy changes were introduced to make Google’s Workspace apps more productive. Now the company has announced a handy...
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Controlling where your data goes is vital in online safety and security. Unwanted data leakage and breaches are the bane of an online person’s existence, and Google is looking to make the privacy more manageable. In the next few weeks, Google will be rolling out toggle controls for Gmail's smart features and...
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