Google Cracking Down on Fake Download Buttons

Google updated its security blog on Thursday with a promise of to rid our browsing experience of deceptive download buttons. This promise will be carried out via Google’s Safe Browsing service, which seeks to protect Web surfers from the growing number of social engineering attacks. The download buttons being targeted typically look legit, but instead lead to what the company calls “deceptive embedded content.”

Safe Browsing, which has been used by more than one …read more

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