News snapshots · 2020-08-21

Google fixes a Gmail bug – Quick wrap


Google has eventually patched a security bug impacting the Gmail & G Suite email servers. The bug could have allowed the sending of spoofed emails mimicking any Gmail or G Suite customer. This happened even as some users around the world complained on Thursday of their Gmail not working.


Google fixes a Gmail bug that could’ve let attackers spoof emails – The Next Web

While users were struggling to use Gmail’s services yesterday for a long time, Google fixed a critical bug that might’ve let attackers send spoofed emails. It took Google a whopping 137 days to close the bug after security researcher Allison Husain first reported it to the company.
Husain noted…

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