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Google to prevent social engineering

Friday 22 April 2016 10:12 CET | News

Google has expanded its Safe Browsing protection policy and begun to block websites that use deceptive embedded content or ads (social engineering content).

Google considers an embedded content as social engineering content when it pretends to act, or look and feel, like a trusted entity, such as the users own device or browser, or the website itself.

Also, social engineering occurs when someone or something tries to trick users into doing something they would only do for a trusted entity, such as sharing a password or calling tech support.

This development is part of Googles ongoing efforts which focus on deceptive or unwanted software and content.


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