Gmail Image Proxy Change Has Privacy, Security Implications

Google’s decision to automatically display images in Gmail messages has security experts on edge about the privacy and security implications of the move. Of particular concern is the ability of an attacker, or marketer, to learn whether messages are being opened, as well the possibility of an...

Google Gmail IOS Mobile Application - Persistent / Stored XSS Vulnerability

Exploit for iOS platform in category web applications Google Gmail IOS Mobile Application - Persistent / Stored XSS Introduction: ============= Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail, as well as via POP3 or IMAP4 protocols...

Hacking Gmail accounts with password reset system vulnerability

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Google Gmail IOS Mobile Application - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

Google Gmail IOS Mobile Application - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Title: ====== Gmail IOS Application Attachment Cross Site Scripting Date: ===== 2013-11-11 Introduction: ============= Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure...

Google Gmail IOS Mobile Application - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

Title: ====== Gmail IOS Application Attachment Cross Site Scripting Date: ===== 2013-11-11 Introduction: ============= Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail, as well as via POP3 or IMAP4 protocols. Gmail initially started...

[SX Password Dump Suite] Complete Set of Command-line Password Recovery Tools from SecurityXploded

SX Password Dump Suite is the complete collection of all the FREE command-line based password recovery tools from SecurityXploded. It contains the latest version of all the password dump tools which makes it easier for the user to get all these tools at one place instead of downloading each of th...

Google: Gmail Users Should Have No Expectation of Privacy

Edward Snowden has done enough to highlight how vulnerable electronic communications are to surveillance and Gmail users should not expect privacy from Google. Lavabit is no more. Silent Circle has shuttered its secure email service. A California watchdog group says that Gmail users now have a...

Israel's Verint Systems get a contract from Indian government for interception program

Soon in December this year, India’s new surveillance program - Centralized Monitoring System CMS will be able to analyze all telecommunications and Internet communications in India by the government and its agencies. This means that everything we say or text over the phone, write, post or browse...

Daily Dot News portal hacked by Syrian Electronic Army with phishing attack

Pro-Assad hacker group the Syrian Electronic Army claims to have breached the online news portal "Daily Dot" and deleted an article with a caricature of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. SEA hackers gave an advance warning to Daily Dot editorial team via twitter, said "Dear @dailydot, please remo...

Daily Dot News portal hacked by Syrian Electronic Army with phishing attack

Pro-Assad hacker group the Syrian Electronic Army claims to have breached the online news portal "Daily Dot" and deleted an article with a caricature of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. SEA hackers gave an advance warning to Daily Dot editorial team via twitter, said "Dear @dailydot, please remo...

Hacking Google account through Locked Android Devices

Google being one of the top web based service provider, has huge number of Internet users availing the free and paid services for their day-to-day personal and/or professional needs. Many of them have configured their mobile phone number for their account password recovery options. Certainly, whe...

Iranian Gmail users targeted by politically motivated phishing attack

Google says tens of thousands of Gmail accounts belonging to Iranian users have been targeted in an politically motivated hacking campaign in the weeks leading up to the country's closely watched presidential elections. For the last three weeks, the search giant said it has "detected and disrupte...

Twitter Enables Two-Factor Authentication

Responding to a wave of high-profile account takeovers in recent months, Twitter has implemented a phone-based two-factor authentication scheme that will require a numerical code along with a username and password when users log in to their accounts. The feature, known as login verification, is...

Microsoft Reportedly Adding Two-Factor Authentication to User Accounts

Microsoft reportedly will implement two-factor authentication on users’ accounts at some point down the line, according to reports this week. Microsoft fansite Liveside.net first reported about the company’s plans yesterday with a blog post that includes a handful of screenshots from the purporte...

Apple Adds Two-Factor Authentication to iTunes Accounts

Apple has introduced a new two-factor authentication system designed to help protect users’ iTunes and App Store accounts and prevent attackers or unauthorized users from taking over users’ accounts. The system is similar to the one that Google has implemented for Gmail, utilizing verification...

Hacking Google users with Google's GooPass phishing attack

Google Drive is the new home for Google Docs, that users can access everywhere for Storing files safely. In a recent demonstration hacker successfully performed an attack on Google Docs to trick users to grab their Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo credentials with Credit Card Information. Security research...

APT1-Themed Spear Phishing Campaign Linked to China

Researchers at Seculert have discovered a link between spear phishing campaigns targeting Japanese and Chinese journalists, post-Mandiant’s APT1 report, and domains connected to the Aurora attacks on Google and the Shady RAT campaign. In particular, in the attacks against the Japanese, the malwar...

Twitter added DMARC support to prevent email phishing

Twitter announced via its blog today that it has begun using a new method called Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance DMARC to help prevent email phishing. DMARC is actually a standard for preventing email spoofing, in order to make it harder for attackers to send phishi...

Google Says Gmail Security Measures Have Reduced Account Hijacks By 99 Percent

Gmail accounts are high-priority targets for attackers of all stripes, particularly spam crews and state-sponsored attackers who use them to monitor the activities of activists and journalists. Hijacking those accounts can be quite useful for spammers and malware gangs as well, but Google said th...

Gmail warning Myanmar Journalists about State-sponsored attacks

Several Myanmar journalists have recently received warnings from Google that their Gmail accounts may have been targets of state-sponsored attacks. After they login to their Gmail accounts, warning message,"We believe state-sponsored attackers may be attempting to compromise your account or...