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Avira Rolls Out App to iOS and Android Users [Manufacturing Close - Up](Manufacturing Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Avira reported that iOS and Android mobile users can leverage Avira's mobile app to check whether their email address is at risk after the recent Gmail breach. The company said that reports of a massive Gmail password breach came to light. Up to 5 million stolen Gmail accounts and passwords were published on a Russian forum. After further analysis, as many as 5 million Gmail addressees as well as 5 million passwords were published. However, it is a distinction that many of the passwords do not match the Gmail accounts with which they are associated. Google announced that only 1 to 2 percent of the passwords match and that it has secured those. It has also stated that its systems were not breached in any way. Vinod Varma, head of engineering, R&D at Avira, said, "It could be that passwords stolen from previous security breaches such as Adobe or LinkedIn happened to be the same ones that people used for Gmail and the hacker put together different data sets to come up with this list. All 5 million breached Gmail accounts have now been added to Avira's Identity Safeguard database for the public to check their individual email accounts." To check whether your Gmail address is one of those listed on the Russian website, users can use the free Identity Safeguard tool in Avira's iOS and Android mobile apps. Avira offers a suite of free security applications for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. More information and complete details: http://www.avira.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |