San Francisco: Gmail users have been alerted about a new Google Mail feature which could be leveraged by online crooks to carry out a wave of scams, media reported.
The company, in April, unveiled its brand new design which introduced a clean new user interface and a swathe of new features including the ability to snooze a message, auto-generate smart replies and self-destruct emails in the brand new “Confidential Mode”.
“It’s the Confidential Mode which is at the centre of security fears,” Express.co.uk reported on Saturday.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reportedly issued an alert on the “potential emerging threat... for nefarious activity” with the Gmail redesign, the report said.
“We have reached out to Google to inform them of intelligence relevant to their services and to partner to improve our mutual interests in cyber security,” Lesley Fulop, DHS spokesperson said. Central to these fears was the new “Confidential Email” feature that can require users to click a link in order to access these messages.
