{"id":429,"date":"2025-07-17T10:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T21:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saje.nz\/sphere\/?st-import=34e73b8cef0dbc05c9bf5254c9eb0db8"},"modified":"2025-07-17T10:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T21:14:32","slug":"the-gmail-security-upgrade-you-didnt-realise-you-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/the-gmail-security-upgrade-you-didnt-realise-you-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gmail Security Upgrade You Didn\u2019t Realise You Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you have a Gmail account?&nbsp; Google Gmail is a very popular email platform, with approximately 2 billion users sending an estimated 350 billion emails every day!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, due to Gmail\u2019s popularity, attackers are always dreaming up new improved ways of attacking the platform and the people that use it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, Google has recently released a number of security updates for its global Gmail system.&nbsp; 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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.&nbsp; As Google goes global with the&nbsp;subscription management upgrade&nbsp;for Gmail it will become a feature available to all users.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have any concerns regarding your Gmail account or would like help implementing Google\u2019s new security updates including the new subscription management feature, please don\u2019t hesitate to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/saje.nz\/sphere\/index.php\/contact-us\/\\\" data-type=\\\"page\\\" data-id=\\\"62\\\">get in touch with us.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have a Gmail account?&nbsp; Google Gmail is a very popular email platform, with approximately 2 billion users sending an estimated 350 billion emails every day!&nbsp; 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