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Google investigates Gmail IMAP sync issues affecting Outlook users
2023-02-22 19:54

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Week in review: Norsk Hydro cyber attack, Android privacy, exploiting IMAP to bypass MFA
2019-03-24 18:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Norsk Hydro cyber attack: What happened? “Hydro subject to cyber-attack,” warned Oslo-headquartered Norsk Hydro ASA,...

Attackers are exploiting IMAP to bypass MFA on Office 365, G Suite accounts
2019-03-20 12:21

Where possible, and especially for important accounts such as Office 365 and G Suite accounts, the prevailing advice for users is to enable two-factor authentication. Unfortunately, that security...

Hackers Bypass MFA on Cloud Accounts via IMAP Protocol
2019-03-15 15:50

Over the past several months, threat actors have been increasingly targeting Office 365 and G Suite cloud accounts that are using the legacy IMAP protocol, in an attempt to bypass multi-factor...

Threatlist: IMAP-Based Attacks Compromising Accounts at ‘Unprecedented Scale’
2019-03-14 20:19

Attackers are increasingly using insecure legacy protocols, like IMAP, to bypass multi-factor authentication in password spraying campaigns.

Google To Deprecate SSLv3, RC4 in Gmail IMAP/POP Clients (Threatpost)
2016-06-08 12:28

Google will next week begin a gradual deprecation of unsafe crypto protocol SSLv3 and cipher RC4 in Gmail IMAP/POP clients.