Do you have a Gmail account? Google Gmail is a very popular email platform, with approximately 2 billion users sending an estimated 350 billion emails every day! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, due to Gmail\u2019s popularity, attackers are always dreaming up new improved ways of attacking the platform and the people that use it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response, Google has recently released a number of security updates for its global Gmail system. One of those security features is the new Gmail subscription management, which fixes a security issue you probably didn\u2019t know you had, however, that doesn\u2019t make it any less critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Gmail has always done a great job of filtering spam from view, some does make it into your inbox, with some of it being persistent, coming in the guise of a legitimate marketing email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But unsubscribing can be dangerous as some UNSUBSCRIBE links in emails can take you to malicious sites or malicious downloads, a known weapon in the phishing arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gmail has had the perfect defensive protection for this issue for a while: one-click UNSUBSCRIBE, however, it hasn\u2019t been available to all users. As Google goes global with the subscription management upgrade for Gmail it will become a feature available to all users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This new tool provides a single-pane-of-glass view of your email subscriptions, sorted by the most frequent sender and displaying just how many emails each has sent. It also adds a new UNSUBSCRIBE button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rather than having to visit a potentially dangerous site yourself or risk a potentially malicious download, Gmail handles the unsubscribe request safely on your behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new manage subscriptions feature has already started to roll out and can be found in the navigation bar in the top-left corner of your inbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n