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Google Hardens Chrome Against ClickFix Attacks, Insecure HTTP Connections

Google has announced new Chrome protections against scams and social engineering, including new site warnings, server-side Gemini analysis, and detection of ClickFix commands.

The Gemini and ClickFix protections are part of Enhanced Protection, the Safe Browsing mode Google introduced in 2020. Last year, the company said more than 1 billion Chrome users had turned it on.

Google claims Enhanced Protection makes users “ten times safer” than Standard Protection against phishing, social engineering, notification abuse, and other scams. The metric is based on how many safety warnings, on average, each group of users receives.

Chrome’s Safe Browsing site warnings now come in two levels, mirroring a model previously applied to file downloads. When Safe Browsing is highly confident a page is malicious, users still get the full-page red ‘dangerous site’ warning.

The new ‘suspicious site’ level covers lower-confidence verdicts. It flags pages that use deceptive tactics typical of known malicious...

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