Some cybercriminals are taking advantage of a long-standing feature in Google Gmail designed to enhance account security. The feature basically ensures that all dotted variations of a Gmail address belong to the same account. Google says the “dots don’t matter” approach in Gmail ensures no one can take another person’s username. But the feature can be problematic to organizations that support the creation of new user accounts on their websites, security vendor Agari says. Agari: Business email compromise (BEC) scammers are able to scale their operations more efficiently.”]

