Google Safe Browsing

Google Safe Browsing
Original author(s)Google
Developer(s)Google
Operating systemAndroid, ChromeOS, Windows, macOS, iOS
TypeInternet Security
Websitesafebrowsing.google.com

Google Safe Browsing is a service from Google that warns users when they attempt to navigate to a dangerous website or download dangerous files. Safe Browsing also notifies webmasters when their websites are compromised by malicious actors and helps them diagnose and resolve the problem. This protection works across Google products and is claimed to “power safer browsing experiences across the Internet”.[1] It lists URLs for web resources that contain malware or phishing content.[2][3] Browsers like Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Vivaldi, Brave, and GNOME Web use these lists from Google Safe Browsing to check pages against potential threats.[4][5] Google also provides a public API for the service.[6]

Google provides information to Internet service providers, by sending email alerts to autonomous system operators regarding threats hosted on their networks.[3] As of September 2017, over 3 billion Internet devices use this service.[7] Alternatives are offered by both Tencent and Yandex.[8]

  1. ^ "Google Safe Browsing". safebrowsing.google.com. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  2. ^ Schwartz, Barry (May 23, 2008). "Google's Safe Browsing Diagnostic Tool". Search Engine Land. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  3. ^ a b Constantin, Lucian (Dec 2, 2011). "Google Safe Browsing Alerts Network Admins About Malware Distribution Domains". PCWorld.com. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  4. ^ "Firefox Phishing and Malware Protection". Mozilla Foundation. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  5. ^ "Phishing and malware detection". Google Inc. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  6. ^ "Safe Browsing API". Google Inc. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  7. ^ "Safe Browsing: Protecting more than 3 billion devices worldwide, automatically". The Google Blog. September 2017.
  8. ^ Gerbet, Thomas; Kumar, Amrit; Lauradoux, Cedric (June 2016). "A Privacy Analysis of Google and Yandex Safe Browsing" (PDF). 2016 46th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN). Toulouse, France: IEEE. pp. 347–358. doi:10.1109/DSN.2016.39. ISBN 978-1-4673-8891-7. S2CID 17276613.

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