Iranian phishers bypass 2fa protections offered by Yahoo Mail and Gmail

Enlarge A recent phishing campaign targeting US government officials, activists, and journalists is notable for using a technique that allowed the attackers to bypass two-factor authentication protections offered by services such as Gmail and Yahoo Mail, researchers said Thursday. The event underscores the risks of 2fa that relies on one-tap logins or one-time passwords, particularly […]

The Gmail Offline Chrome app will disappear after December 3rd

Offline access to our Gmail is a feature that has come, gone and changed before, and 2018 will be no different. While Google’s announcement Wednesday that it will pull the plug on Inbox got a lot of the attention, it also revealed that the old Gmail Offline Chrome app would be pulled after December 3rd. […]

Gmail update: How to turn off conversation view in Gmail mobile

Google Gmail has claimed dominance over the email industry by attracting more than a billion people worldwide.  The search engine giants recently rolled out a new update for Gmail to make managing your inbox easier and faster.  This update also stretches over to Gmail’s mobile app, where you can now disable Conversation View from your […]

Google doesn’t dispute claims that third-party developers may read your Gmail messages

ANALYSIS: Another week, another data privacy brouhaha. A Wall Street Journal report on Monday reveals that third-party developers have been reading Gmail users’ emails. According to the WSJ, a number of companies admitted their engineers have read thousands of email messages for reasons such as training machine learning systems. The controver…Read More

Smart Compose and offline mode have arrived in Gmail

Enlarge (credit: Google) As promised, Google has rolled out new key features for Gmail. Native offline mail support is now available after it was promised as a follow-up to the major redesign that launched late last month. You have to be using Chrome as your Web browser to access this feature, though. Additionally, Google has […]