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Report Questions Security of Free e-mail Services

By Chike onwuegbuchi
08 January 2016   |   2:39 am
THE security and reliability of the most popular free e-mail services, including Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and FastMail, are lacking. This is according to a recent study conducted by High-Tech Bridge: ‘Can you trust SSL encryption of your e-mail provider?’ While a great deal of e-mail security research already exists, High-Tech Bridge says it focused on…

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THE security and reliability of the most popular free e-mail services, including Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and FastMail, are lacking.

This is according to a recent study conducted by High-Tech Bridge: ‘Can you trust SSL encryption of your e-mail provider?’

While a great deal of e-mail security research already exists, High-Tech Bridge says it focused on the communication channel that e-mail uses.

This is something that was not covered and tested in the past, as the industry only had tools for HTTPS testing, which covered the channel between Web server and browser, the security solutions company says. “We believe that nobody has ever tested SSL on non-HTTPS ports,” it claims.

High-Tech Bridge used its SSL checker service and tested the e-mail services for 31 different criteria, including the most recent SSL/TLS vulnerabilities and weaknesses; tests for compliance with PCI DSS requirements; and tests for compliance with NIST guidelines.

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