Vulnerability in Gmail at I got Spam?!

Anthony: I was recently attempting to mail some javascript code from my yahoo account to my gmail when I came across this vulnerability. Apparently javascript will run if it is withing the preview of the message. [cut] This vulnerability could be used to gather email addresses. Or even possibly to compromise the account. http://ph3rny.blogspot.com/2006/03/vulnerability-in-gmail.htmloriginal [...] Read More


Make a use out of your Gmail at I got Spam?!

Ok, I think that by now every living being in the developed world has their own Gmail account. And with it dozens, if not tens of dozens of invitations, which are translated to new e-mail accounts at your disposal. Chris from Memos to the Future reminds us that the simplest solutions are usually the most effective: "While the sheer flood of spam messages seems to be rapidly growing, the number of solicitations [...] Read More


Google Explains Gmail's Spam Filters at I got Spam?!

One of the reasons I switched to using Google's Gmail long ago was it's awesome spam filters. Previously, I tried a lot of solutions. About the only thing that's as good as Google's spam filters is the 1-2 combination of the Akisment and Spam Karma 2 plugins on Wordpress for blog comments. This entertaining little promotional video that Google put together explains how Google's spam filter's work. Obviously, they aren't [...] Read More


Gmail security vulnerability at Tech Without Wires

ArsTechnica reports what security researcher, Robert Graham, discovered whilst using Google Mail. [...] Read More


Security Vulnerability Reported In GIF Images Processing In JRE at Java Entrepreneur

An unknown researcher has reported buffer overflow vulnerability in processing of GIF images in Java Runtime Environment which may lead to an untrusted applet elevating its privileges. It may cause an applet to give permission for reading and writing local files or executing local applications with a user running unknown applet. The following releases might be affected: SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier SDK and [...] Read More