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There was a lot of fuss several days ago over a supposed Gmail hack that enables attackers to manipulate the victim’s Gmail filters without their knowledge. The hack, as it was claimed, has lead to several domain thefts; the “temporary fix” as suggested by Geek Condition, was to install the Firefox NoScript addon.

Now, Google has reacted. They claim they’ve investigated the issue, and found no vulnerability. The entire thing is a mere phishing scheme; the victims would give away their Gmail credentials to a phishing site, and then the attackers would be able to change the filters. To be safe from phishing attempts, well, all I can say is this: don’t listen to people you don’t know and don’t click on shady links.