The number of sites that distribute malware is increasing rapidly. Google's robots crawl pages and responsible for maintaining the search index updated 9500 discover new malicious websites per day. The announcement was made in online security blog Google celebrating five years of the campaign Safe Browsing, which aims to protect users from dangerous Web sites.
A member of the Google Security Team, Niels Provos, stresses that the technology that identifies dangerous sites is present not only in the search engine results, but also in popular browsers, like Chrome, Firefox and Safari, protecting about 600 million users worldwide. The Google browser also has a security alert for downloads, which is displayed 300,000 times a day for unsuspecting users.
With the help of robots, the company found 9,500 new malicious websites. Remember, however, that this number includes both sites that are specifically designed to attack users and Web sites that had invaded systems and codes changed to spread malware. The number of pages affected is so great that, of all searches done on Google every day, about 12 to 14 million results show the classic warning "This site may be compromised."
Google says it is working to keep the web safe and put your hands on to reduce the spread of malicious code. Administrators of websites registered in Webmaster Tools, for example, receive notifications when Google robot found something wrong. In addition, thousands of Google send alerts to providers per day and treatment facilities of incidents such as CERT.br.
The company also makes clear that the platform of the Safe Browsing is fully open for other companies to keep their users safe and provides a complete documentation about the details of the operation of the API. Currently, Google works hard to keep safe Chrome extensions and applications for Android.
The statement released by Google clearly shows that the Brazilians are among the biggest victims of phishing. Worse, many malicious sites are also hosted on servers in Brazil. For novice users, it's basic recommendation so widespread in the mainstream media ever suspicious of links, even supposedly sent by friends. Owners of sites, it is important to keep your systems updated with the latest patches.
A member of the Google Security Team, Niels Provos, stresses that the technology that identifies dangerous sites is present not only in the search engine results, but also in popular browsers, like Chrome, Firefox and Safari, protecting about 600 million users worldwide. The Google browser also has a security alert for downloads, which is displayed 300,000 times a day for unsuspecting users.
With the help of robots, the company found 9,500 new malicious websites. Remember, however, that this number includes both sites that are specifically designed to attack users and Web sites that had invaded systems and codes changed to spread malware. The number of pages affected is so great that, of all searches done on Google every day, about 12 to 14 million results show the classic warning "This site may be compromised."
Google says it is working to keep the web safe and put your hands on to reduce the spread of malicious code. Administrators of websites registered in Webmaster Tools, for example, receive notifications when Google robot found something wrong. In addition, thousands of Google send alerts to providers per day and treatment facilities of incidents such as CERT.br.
The company also makes clear that the platform of the Safe Browsing is fully open for other companies to keep their users safe and provides a complete documentation about the details of the operation of the API. Currently, Google works hard to keep safe Chrome extensions and applications for Android.
The statement released by Google clearly shows that the Brazilians are among the biggest victims of phishing. Worse, many malicious sites are also hosted on servers in Brazil. For novice users, it's basic recommendation so widespread in the mainstream media ever suspicious of links, even supposedly sent by friends. Owners of sites, it is important to keep your systems updated with the latest patches.
