Google’s security blog, on Tuesday, revealed new details on how the online search giant is keeping Internet users safe from different malware.
As per the new reports, the company protects about 600 million users via a built-in protection for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari that warns users of dangerous websites. The company, almost every day, encounters about 9,500 new websites that have been compromised or specifically designed for malware distribution.
According to Niels Provos of the Google Security Team, “To achieve comprehensive and timely detection of new threats, the Safe Browsing team at Google has labored continuously to adapt to rising challenges and to build an infrastructure that automatically detects harmful content around the globe.”
“By protecting Internet users, webmasters, ISPs, and Google over the years, we've built up a steadily more sophisticated understanding of web-based malware and phishing. These aren’t completely solvable problems because threats continue to evolve, but our technologies and processes do, too,” he further adds.
On a daily basis, approximately 12 to 14 million Google Search queries and 300,000 downloads, also trigger the company’s warning to caution users. Once a site has been cleaned up, the warning is lifted.
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