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A new exploit being sold for $700 may put tens of millions of Yahoo Mail users at risk. Once victims click on a malicious email link, the exploit allows an attacker to steal and replace tracking cookies, while remotely controlling the victims’ browsing sessions. “After the victim clicks the link, he will be redirected to Continue Reading →

The crazy thing is how successful Yahoo! was at this. Few, if any, have ever done content or media online at that scale. But then Google came along and exploited the fact that the Internet was growing too fast for Yahoo! to keep up. Suddenly, Yahoo! was struggling to find its way, as Google made Continue Reading →

Yahoo is looking to make a clean break with some aspects of its past with Marissa Mayer now at the helm — and one of those, it seems, could be its logo. A TC reader says that he was asked to take an online survey, “and it turned out to be all about asking me Continue Reading →

Yahoo has bought Stamped, the New York City based startup that lets people record and share their favorite restaurants, books, movies, and music, we’ve confirmed with a source at Stamped. The news has also been confirmed by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who posted an Instagram of herself with the Stamped founders. The deal is part Continue Reading →

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has wasted no time in turning the Internet portal into a lean and mean Web machine since she landed the job in July. Next up on Mayer’s agenda after giving all Yahoo employees free iPhones and food is trimming all the bloat on the portal’s homepage. Business Insider claims the screenshot Continue Reading →

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer had a baby sometime Sunday night, according to a tweet by her husband Zach Bogue. The child is the couple’s first and it is not clear from the tweet whether he was delivered on September 30 or October 1. No matter — congrats to the new parents! Mayer announced her pregnancy Continue Reading →

As we’ve noted previously, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is not messing around when it comes to getting her new company up to speed with her former employer, Google. And now, unnamed sources have told Business Insider that Mayer has delivered a new ultimatum for employees working on product pitches: Figure out a way to get Continue Reading →

TechCrunch has obtained a secret copy of what may be a mockup for the new Yahoo home page. Yesterday, Yahoo’s new CEO Marissa Mayer shared her broad vision for the future of the Internet company with employees. According to AllThingsD, Mayer didn’t share specific plans for fixing search and email or an “in-process and dramatic Continue Reading →

Yahoo Inc named veteran executive Kathy Savitt its chief marketing officer on Monday in the latest move by new CEO Marissa Mayer to overhaul her top leadership team. Savitt, a former marketing executive at Amazon.com and American Eagle Outfitters, most recently founded Lockerz, a social commerce website that let online shoppers share links to clothing Continue Reading →

Despite the fact that she worked at Google for the past 13 years, Yahoo’s new CEO Marissa Mayer wants all her employee to use an iPhone. Mayer has been using Apple’s smartphone for years, even during her tenure at Google, and the executive has enjoyed the device so much that she is considering reaching into Continue Reading →