New Gmail Warning — Do Not Open This Email From Google
Link to Full Article (https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/21/new-gmail-warning---do-not-open-this-email-from-google/)
Forbes - Davey Winder
Apr 21, 2025, 09:24am EDT
Update, April 21, 2025: This story, originally published April 19, has been updated with new information regarding the sale of phishing kits and further details of structural email sender authentication protections, which were seemingly bypassed in this latest Gmail attack campaign.
Protecting your accounts and data is getting harder and more complex, despite the best efforts of security defenders. In the same week that we have seen details of Microsoft introducing strict new email authentication rules on May 5 to protect 500 million Outlook users, and the FBI warning that hackers impersonating the FBI have struck, so both these stories merge as Google confirms that Gmail users are under attack from hackers bypassing its own email authentication protections and leveraging trust in Google infrastructure to launch a dangerous and costly threat. Here's what you need to know and do.
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Read the Full Article (https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/21/new-gmail-warning---do-not-open-this-email-from-google/) for details.
These are scary times we live in. Let's be safe out there!
Quote from: Lori Dee on April 21, 2025, 05:36:07 PMNew Gmail Warning — Do Not Open This Email From Google
Link to Full Article (https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/21/new-gmail-warning---do-not-open-this-email-from-google/)
Forbes - Davey Winder
Apr 21, 2025, 09:24am EDT
Update, April 21, 2025: This story, originally published April 19, has been updated with new information regarding the sale of phishing kits and further details of structural email sender authentication protections, which were seemingly bypassed in this latest Gmail attack campaign.
Protecting your accounts and data is getting harder and more complex, despite the best efforts of security defenders. In the same week that we have seen details of Microsoft introducing strict new email authentication rules on May 5 to protect 500 million Outlook users, and the FBI warning that hackers impersonating the FBI have struck, so both these stories merge as Google confirms that Gmail users are under attack from hackers bypassing its own email authentication protections and leveraging trust in Google infrastructure to launch a dangerous and costly threat. Here's what you need to know and do.
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Read the Full Article (https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/21/new-gmail-warning---do-not-open-this-email-from-google/) for details.
These are scary times we live in. Let's be safe out there!
There are plenty of dishonest and evil people out there in cyberland that will try to take advantage of you.
Chrissy