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Google says it is winning the war against Gmail account hijackers
Account takeovers are down a mammoth 99.7% compared with what they were at the height of the spear-phishing plague of 2011, the company (rightfully) brags.
Do not relax: such success doesn't let us users off the hook when it comes to account security beef-up.
Using Yahoo Mail? You should turn on this privacy option as soon as possible
It has taken Yahoo a ridiculously long time, but it is finally rolling out an option that will help protect users' privacy when accessing their web-based email - HTTPS.
Petraeus tripped up by trust in supposedly anonymous email account
The US's top spy guy, who resigned abruptly on Friday, conducted a romantic affair behind the thin sheet of a pseudonymous email account. It's a good reminder to us all that email headers often spill the beans, revealing IP addresses that lead to our webmail hosts and geolocation. It's a short hop from there to our identities.
How Hotmail lets down its users security-wise compared to Gmail and Yahoo
Hotmail lets down its over 350 million users when it comes to security, by not giving them an easy way to tell if their account has been accessed by unauthorised third parties.
Hackers break into Tony Blair's webmail server, disclose former PM's address book
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has his personal address book and details of his friends disclosed by hackers. This is the latest hack in a wave of attacks for political reasons that have targeted corporations and governments alike.
How to stop your Gmail account being hacked
Graham Cluley describes what steps you should take to reduce the chances of your Gmail account being hacked.
Targeted webmail phishing attacks
Targeted webmail phishing attacks are on the rise and are affecting more and more organizations.
Brett Cove, who works in the anti-spam operations team at SophosLabs, investigates why you should care about spearphishing, and how you can protect against it.
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