Engineers issue a New Security Alert for Google’s 1.8 billion Gmail Users
An alert and wake-up call should be provided via a tweet from cybersecurity engineer Chris Plummer (via Forbes), regardless of where you use Gmail or if you use Google’s email app or website. The checkmark system, which Google unveiled last month, is where it all begins. An email in your Gmail inbox with a blue checkmark was supposed to mean that you can safely access the message without worrying about getting scammed, spammed, or hacked. This feature was created to validate emails allegedly sent by respectable businesses and organizations. Investigations and Verifications The aforementioned Plummer found a way for scammers to “verify” their phished Gmail accounts by placing a blue checkmark next to them. After detecting a scammer sending a confirmed email pretending to be from UPS, Plummer filed a bug complaint with Google. Even the recognizable UPS shield emblem was included in the email. Google first rejected Plummer’s proposal, claiming that since “this is intended behavior,...