Sunday, January 17, 2010

Corporate spy risk from free email

Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail "completely vulnerable" by default.

Small business users of Gmail, Yahoo! mail and Hotmail were vulnerable to corporate spies when logged into their accounts on public Wi-Fi networks, a penetration tester has found.

Business users of public Wi-Fi hotspots, such as those at cafes, who sent commercially sensitive information were at risk, said Hacklabs tester Chris Gatford.

Employees of small businesses often used free email services as their main business email accounts.

"By default, users of all three popular webmail services are completely vulnerable once logged in via public Wi-Fi," Gatford said.

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