According to numbers released by Google, the company finds about 9,500 new malicious websites per day, “either innocent ones that have been compromised by hackers or sites built specifically to distribute malware or for phishing,” according to CNET.
“Google provides malware warnings for about 300,000 downloads per day through its download protection service for Chrome,” notes the post. “About 600 million users of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari see several million warnings per day about malware and phishing on sites the users are about to visit.”
Additional daily statistics include: a warning that sites are compromised result from 12-14 million Google Search queries, the company sends thousands of notices to ISPs and webmasters regarding malware, and phishing pages are generally removed within an hour of being detected.
“Our tangible impact in making the Web more secure, and our ability to directly protect users from harm, has been a great source of motivation for everyone on the Safe Browsing team,” Google wrote in a blog post. “We are also happy that our free data feed has become the de facto base of comparison for academic research in this space.”
According to numbers released by Google, the company finds about 9,500 new malicious websites per day, “either innocent ones that have been compromised by hackers or sites built specifically to distribute malware or for phishing,” according to CNET.
No Comments Yet
You can be the first to comment!
Leave a comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.