Security flaw morphs Google’s Gmail into spamming machine

gmailINSERT, the information security research team, has reported that Google’s popular email app, Gmail, sports a serious security flaw and will turn the service into a spamming machine.

According to the report, a flaw in the way Google forwards messages allows spammers to send thousands of spam email through the company’s SMTP service. Spam messages make up 95% of all email communications on the Internet.

For more on INSERT’s report, go here.

[via CNet]

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