Davey Winder
Updated March 1, as hackers take aim at Google’s security check feature, this warning to check your Gmail account has never been more important — but now you need to ensure that you are doing so safely. Here’s how all Google users can stay secure in the face of these ongoing attacks.
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more critical, in terms of Google account security at least, with warnings of new attack campaigns targeting Gmail users, they do. A lot worse, in fact. How so? Well, my original article recommended using Google’s account security checkup tool as soon as possible, in light of new reports on an ongoing threat campaign aimed squarely at Gmail users. Now, however, it has been reported that hackers are targeting users of that very security check feature with a malicious fake that is “one of the most fully featured browser-based surveillance toolkits” seen by Malwarebytes security researchers. It is imperative, therefore, that you know what to look out for, what not to do and, critically, how to find and use the genuine article to help protect your account.
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