Security News

Google unveils beta of client-side encryption for Gmail
2022-12-20 21:47

Google is trying to help enterprise and educational users of Gmail better secure their messages. Adding to the encryption already used by Google Drive, Google Meet, Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides, the new Gmail encryption is designed to keep data private and confidential while at the same time meeting regulatory and compliance requirements for security.

Google adds stronger encryption for some Gmail users, in beta
2022-12-19 23:30

Google has added client-side encryption for some email customers, allowing enterprise and education Gmail users to send and receive encrypted messages. It allows Gmail customers - not the cloud provider - to retain control over encryption keys, thus ensuring Google servers can't access the keys or decrypt customer data in the body of the email or delivered as an attachment.

Google Takes Gmail Security to the Next Level with Client-Side Encryption
2022-12-18 04:41

Google on Friday announced that its client-side encryption for Gmail is in beta to its Workspace and education customers to secure emails sent using the web version of the platform. "Using client-side encryption in Gmail ensures sensitive data in the email body and attachments are indecipherable to Google servers," the company said in a post.

Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail on the web
2022-12-17 14:15

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 and outside their domain.The company says that the feature is not yet available to users with personal Google Accounts or Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers.

Government by Gmail catches up with UK minister... who is reappointed anyway
2022-11-01 14:30

The UK's Home Secretary - the minister in charge of policing and internal security - has been forced to apologize for breaching IT security protocols in government. On another occasion, she accidentally forwarded official documents to a Member of Parliament from her Gmail account because she did not have her phone with her.

Phishers taking advantage of Gmail’s SMTP relay service to impersonate brands
2022-05-04 15:01

Phishers taking advantage of Gmail's SMTP relay service to impersonate brands. It was recently found by cloud email security company Avanan that phishers have been exploiting Gmail's SMTP relay service since at least April.

Google: Chinese hackers target Gmail users affiliated with US govt
2022-03-08 16:58

Google's Threat Analysis Group has warned multiple Gmail users that they were targeted in phishing attacks conducted by a Chinese-backed hacking group tracked as APT31. "In February, we detected an APT31 phishing campaign targeting high profile Gmail users affiliated with the U.S. government," Google Threat Analysis Group's Director Shane Huntley revealed today.

Adobe Cloud Abused to Steal Office 365, Gmail Credentials
2022-01-13 14:00

Attackers are leveraging Adobe Creative Cloud to target Office 365 users with malicious links that appear to be coming legitimately from Cloud users but instead direct victims to a link that steals their credentials, researchers have discovered. Though attackers are primarily targeting Office 365 users - a favorite target among threat actors - researchers have seen them hit Gmail inboxes as well, Jeremy Fuchs, cybersecurity research analyst at Avanan, told Threatpost.

Gmail accounts are used in 91% of all baiting email attacks
2021-11-11 08:32

Bait attacks are on the rise, and it appears that actors who distribute this special kind of phishing emails prefer to use Gmail accounts to conduct their attacks. According to a report by Barracuda, who surveyed 10,500 organizations, 35% of them received at least one bait attack email in September 2021 alone.

Google warns 14,000 Gmail users targeted by Russian hackers
2021-10-07 23:38

Google has warned about 14,000 of its users about being targeted in a state-sponsored phishing campaign from APT28, a threat group that has been linked to Russia. The campaign was detected in late September and accounts for a larger than usual batch of Government-Backed Attack notifications that Google sends to targeted users every month.