Showing posts with label Gmail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gmail. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Google Gmail became protected

Gmail

From reasons of safety Google has changed an exchange of the user data with web mail Gmail on-default c the usual http-report to the protected connection https. On it it is informed in corporate blog Gmail.

Specially for new accounting records Gmail

At desire in options of the accounting record users can be switched from the protected connection to the ordinary. Changes have concerned only new accounting records Gmail.

According to the technical director of post service Google Sam Schillace, possibility of a choice of the protected connection was present at users Gmail since 2008, however recently the corporation has decided to strengthen safety of the clients.

Data exchange use under the protected report https allows to avoid leaks of the important information at work with mail in public places, for example, in zones with free Wi-Fi. However this report has also lacks. In connection with necessity of enciphering of the information data transmission through https is conducted with lower speed in comparison with not protected report http.

The Chinese attack

Let's remind, on January, 12th Google also has informed in the blog that in the middle of December, 2009 services have undergone to the directed attack from China. According to corporation, to attack has undergone not only Google, but also more other 30 large companies.

The attack overall objective considers access reception to accounting records Gmail of leading Chinese legal experts. The corporation has specified, that malefactors have not reached the purpose. Later the attack fact was confirmed also with company Adobe, also having placed the message in the corporate blog.

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Adobe has confirmed message Google on network attack

Adobe

On January, 2nd network Adobe has undergone to attack. On it it is informed in a corporate blog of the company. At the moment incident is investigated by experts Adobe.

Gmail the Chinese legal experts

The message on an attack on network Adobe has followed in some hours after the message in official blog Google about the Chinese attack. According to corporation, to attack has undergone not only Google, but also at least other 20 large companies (on other sources — more than 30). As the Overall objective of these attacks Google considers access reception to accounting records Gmail of leading Chinese legal experts. Experts of corporation also underline, that malefactors have not reached the purpose.

According to experts of division on network safety iDefense companies VeriSign, for attack hackers used vulnerability in Adobe Reader. About hole existence in the popular program for reading of documents in format PDF Adobe warned still on December, 15th. During same time there was an attack on which corporation Google today has informed.

PDF vulnerability

The dangerous code thanks to which the malefactor could receive the control over the computer of a victim, extended by means of the electronic letter with a PDF-file. Vulnerability was present at all versions Adobe Reader and Acrobat up to 9.2.

Despite lacking direct charges to Beijing in message Google, scandal already left on the international level. Under last message AFP, US State Secretary Hillari Clinton has demanded from the Chinese authorities of explanations.

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