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AT&T delays Microsoft 365 email delivery due to spam wave

AT&T's email servers are blocking connections from Microsoft 365 due to a "high volume" spam wave originating from Microsoft's service.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 09, 2024
- 01:58 PM
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Microsoft warns Gmail blocks some Outlook email as spam, shares fix

Microsoft has confirmed that some Outlook.com users are experiencing issues with emails being blocked and marked as spam when trying to email Gmail accounts.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 02, 2024
- 06:09 PM
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Google now blocks spoofed emails for better phishing protection

Google has started automatically blocking emails sent by bulk senders who don't meet stricter spam thresholds and authenticate their messages as required by new guidelines to strengthen defenses against spam and phishing attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 01, 2024
- 04:29 PM
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New MFA-bypassing phishing kit targets Microsoft 365, Gmail accounts

Cybercriminals have been increasingly using a new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named 'Tycoon 2FA' to target Microsoft 365 and Gmail accounts and bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) protection.
- Bill Toulas
- March 25, 2024
- 12:56 PM
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Google teases a new modern look for sign-in pages, including Gmail

Google is on the brink of refreshing its sign-in pages, including Gmail, with a sleek, modern makeover.
- Mayank Parmar
- February 08, 2024
- 06:33 AM
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Microsoft 365 admins warned of new Google anti-spam rules

Microsoft urged Microsoft 365 email senders this week to authenticate outbound messages following new anti-spam rules for bulk senders announced earlier this week by Google.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 08, 2023
- 11:09 AM
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Google to bolster phishing and malware delivery defenses in 2024

Google will introduce new sender guidelines in February to bolster email security against phishing and malware delivery by mandating bulk senders to authenticate their emails and adhere to stricter spam thresholds
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 03, 2023
- 02:41 PM
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Google is retiring its Gmail Basic HTML view in January 2024

Google is notifying Gmail users that the webmail's Basic HTML view will be deprecated in January 2024, and users will require modern browsers to continue using the service.
- Bill Toulas
- September 25, 2023
- 12:08 PM
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Google Gmail continuously nagging to enable Enhanced Safe Browsing

Google is urging users to activate its Enhanced Safe Browsing feature via numerous alerts in Gmail that keep coming back, even after you acknowledge them.
- Mayank Parmar
- August 06, 2023
- 12:24 PM
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New Horabot campaign takes over victim's Gmail, Outlook accounts

A previously unknown campaign involving the Horabot botnet malware has targeted Spanish-speaking users in Latin America since at least November 2020, infecting them with a banking trojan and spam tool.
- Bill Toulas
- June 01, 2023
- 04:54 PM
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Google will delete accounts inactive for more than 2 years

Google has updated its policy for personal accounts across its services to allow a maximum period of inactivity of two years.
- Bill Toulas
- May 21, 2023
- 11:07 AM
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Google brings dark web monitoring to all U.S. Gmail users

Google announced today that all Gmail users in the United States will soon be able to use the dark web report security feature to discover if their email address has been found on the dark web.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 10, 2023
- 06:24 PM
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North Korean hackers using Chrome extensions to steal Gmail emails

A joint cybersecurity advisory from the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) and the National Intelligence Service of the Republic of Korea (NIS) warn about Kimsuky's use of Chrome extensions to steal target's Gmail emails.
- Bill Toulas
- March 22, 2023
- 11:06 AM
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Google: Gmail client-side encryption now publicly available

Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) is now generally available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 28, 2023
- 11:20 AM
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Google investigates Gmail IMAP sync issues affecting Outlook users

Google is investigating a service outage affecting Gmail users worldwide that causes issues when syncing emails with Microsoft servers via the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 22, 2023
- 02:54 PM
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BleepingComputer's most popular cybersecurity stories of 2022

It was a big year for cybersecurity in 2022 with massive cyberattacks and data breaches, innovative phishing attacks, privacy concerns, and of course, zero-day vulnerabilities.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 02, 2023
- 09:05 AM
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Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail on the web

Google announced on Friday that it's adding end-to-end encryption to Gmail on the web, allowing enrolled Google Workspace users to send and receive encrypted emails within their domain and outside their domain.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 17, 2022
- 09:15 AM
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Learn to use Google Docs, Sheets, Gmail and more for just $41

It's the price that really makes the 2023 Complete Google Sheets and Docs Super Bundle such a no-brainer. In fact, you can enroll in this special training program for just $41, which works out to less than $3.50 per course.
- BleepingComputer Deals
- October 26, 2022
- 07:12 AM
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Google SMTP relay service abused for sending phishing emails

Phishing actors abuse Google's SMTP relay service to bypass email security products and successfully deliver malicious emails to targeted users.
- Bill Toulas
- May 02, 2022
- 01:51 PM
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Hackers exploit Microsoft MSHTML bug to steal Google, Instagram creds

A newly discovered Iranian threat actor is stealing Google and Instagram credentials belonging to Farsi-speaking targets worldwide using a new PowerShell-based stealer dubbed PowerShortShell by security researchers at SafeBreach Labs.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 24, 2021
- 01:42 PM
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