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Gmail users—especially the ones who like to “set it and forget it”—might want to check their security settings this week. If you’re still relying on text message codes to log into Gmail, it might be ...

Update, Oct. 26, 2024: This story, originally published Oct. 25, includes additional practical email security tips on how to keep your Gmail account safe from hackers using Google’s security checkup ...

The change will prevent users from accessing Gmail accounts via apps that rely only on a simple password and username. This includes services like IMAP, POP, CalDAV, and Google Sync. Google aims to ...

Google is quietly rolling out a Gmail change that security experts say could make it easier for criminals to slip past your defenses, especially if you leave certain convenience features switched on.

When a Gmail account is hijacked, the damage rarely stops at email. A single compromise can expose banking resets, cloud backups, and identity documents, so the priority is to regain control quickly ...

A new Gmail phishing scam impersonates Google IT support to gain account access. The scam involves fake password recovery emails and requests for security codes. Google advises against clicking links ...

Google has warned Gmail users to update their passwords and strengthen their account security as password hackers have carried out a significant amount of “successful intrusions.” It is advising Gmail ...

*Google has clarified that there has been no direct Gmail password breach affecting its 2.5 billion users. Instead, the concern stems from a Salesforce data breach earlier in 2025, carried out by the ...

Google is now denying the reports of a new Gmail security breach that compromised hundreds of millions of user accounts and their passwords, saying that the reports about this are false. It was ...