Google changes email authentication after spoof shows a bad delivery for UPS

Google says it has fixed a flaw that allowed a scammer to impersonate delivery service UPS on Gmail, after the data-hoarding web behemoth labeled the phony email as authentic. The problem stemmed from an issue in an email authentication program called Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) that aims to protect email users from brand spoofing and phishing attacks claiming to be from a trusted org.

Source: The Register

 


Date:

Categorie(s):

Tag(s):