There are phishing scams, and then there are those that are so damn clever that… sorry, scratch that. Phishing scams are the worst, and those that run them deserve infuriatingly slow internet access for the rest of their damned lives. This new one doing the rounds in Gmail inboxes is one that appears to include […]
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Gmail on desktop now lets you preview video attachments
A minor, but handy update comes to Gmail on the desktop today: videos sent as attachments can now be played right in your browser window, eliminating the need to actually download them to your hard drive and play them through a media player. Of course, you’ll still be limited to Google’s somewhat heavy-handed 50MB size […]
Gmail for Android can send and receive payments as attachments
The Gmail app for Android has scored what used to be a web-only feature. It now has Google Wallet integration, so you can send and request money right within your emails. Say, you need to split the bill for a dinner — all you need to do is tap the attachment icon and click “Send […]
Emails for sale: Dark web vendor peddles decrypted Gmail, Yahoo accounts
Published time: 7 Mar, 2017 04:13 Amid all the lurid sales on the dark web, one auction could be of interest to as many as a million people. A seller hopes to profit off 1 million Gmail and Yahoo accounts with decrypted emails, usernames and passwords that were leaked in various hacks. One million accounts […]
Gmail sign-in VIRUS WARNING – Support for Gmail will end in THIS version of Google Chrome
Some Gmail users could soon find themselves at a higher risk of security problems – left without access to the latest updates, patches and new features, Google has warned. Google has confirmed that a number of Google Chrome versions will no longer support Gmail by the end of the year. Google Chrome version 53 and […]
Gmail Users Warned About Wickedly Simple Phishing Scheme To Hack Accounts
Gmail users face an account hacking technique that is so simple even highly experienced users are fooled by it. Mark Maunder, who is the CEO of the WordPress security program Wordfence, says that as is common with phishing, the scenario begins with a user who receives an email that contains an attachment. That’s when everything […]
