Gmail Now Detecting Suspicious Account Activity and Report You

Yesterday Google's Gmail introduced a new feature to notify you when we detect suspicious login activity on your account. You may remember that a while back gamil launched remote sign out and information about recent account activity to help you understand and manage your account usage. This information is still at the bottom of your inbox. Now, if it looks like something unusual is going on with your account, gmail will also alert you by posting a warning message saying, "Warning: We believe your account was last accessed from…" along with the geographic region that we can best associate with the access.

To determine when to display this message, a automated system matches the relevant IP address, logged per the Gmail privacy policy, to a broad geographical location. While it don't have the capability to determine the specific location from which an account is accessed, a login appearing to come from one country and occurring a few hours after a login from another country may trigger an alert.

By clicking on the "Details" link next to the message, you'll see the last account activity window that you're used to, along with the most recent access points.

If you think your account has been compromised, you can change your password from the same window. Or, if you know it was legitimate access (e.g. you were traveling, your husband/wife who accesses the account was also traveling, etc.), you can click "Dismiss" to remove the message. Keep in mind that these notifications are meant to alert you of suspicious activity but are not a replacement for account security best practices.

Source:gmailblog

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