Gmail is not the only e-mail service whose users have been targeted by spear-phishing hackers. Users at Yahoo Mail and Hotmail are also on the email infiltrators’ hit lists, according to security firm Trend Micro. The attacks on the latter two email systems appear to be separately conducted, said Nart Villeneuve, senior threat researcher at Trend Micro. However, they contain significant similarities with the recently seen attacks on Gmail users. Earlier this week, Google disclosed that some of its Gmail users’ accounts had been breached by hackers.
What are "high profile" users doing using GMail or any free service like that anyway? They are in a position to have private services. USE THEM! Then this would not be such an issue. Free is not always best nor secure. They should know this . . .
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Security Boffins Smell Phish in Hotmail, Yahoo
Posted by: Richard Adhikari June 3, 2011 11:58 AMGmail is not the only e-mail service whose users have been targeted by spear-phishing hackers. Users at Yahoo Mail and Hotmail are also on the email infiltrators’ hit lists, according to security firm Trend Micro. The attacks on the latter two email systems appear to be separately conducted, said Nart Villeneuve, senior threat researcher at Trend Micro. However, they contain significant similarities with the recently seen attacks on Gmail users. Earlier this week, Google disclosed that some of its Gmail users’ accounts had been breached by hackers.