Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Google Introduces Better Spam Filters to Combat Gmail Phishing

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Google announced on Tuesday that it has added new spam filtering support to Gmail to help crack down on phishing attacks.


Last week, Gmail added support for non-Latin characters as a first step in helping email become more global. This is good news for countries where users speak and write in non-Latin languages, but it can also present potential security challenges.



Some of those non-Latin characters can have the same appearance as Latin characters, especially if used in certain pairings. For years, scammers and phishers have taken advantage of that fact and registered mixed-language domains with the purpose of confusing victims into thinking a site and URL they visit are legitimate Read more...


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from MashableChristina Warren
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