When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Chrome's Enhanced Safe Browsing feature now uses AI to recognize online threats as they surface. Google's Chrome browser has a feature called Enhanced Safe Browsing that uses real-time AI-powered techniques to protect users against online threats. Unlike the more basic Safe Browsing feature, which compares visited addresses against a database of known dangerous sites, Enhanced Safe Browsing uses AI to recognize yet-unknown threats. Google hasn't published exact details on how Enhanced Safe Browsing works, only vague explanations like "in-depth scans for suspicious downloads" and "improves security for you and everyone on the web."

Cyberattacks are unfortunately becoming more and more common as time goes on, which is why big tech companies like Google are constantly updating their security measures to protect the privacy and security of their customers. To keep up with the constantly evolving tactics of cybercriminals, Google has introduced a new Safe Browsing API, a technology that speeds up the process of identifying compromised websites. That means it's enhancing the ability to catch more attacks, spot more scams and block data-stealing phishing attempts. This allows you to be alerted immediately if your information has been compromised so that you can take swift protective action. CLICK TO GET KURT'S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO'S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER Android phones have a feature called Safe Browsing, and the purpose of it is to give you alerts about malware, risky extensions, phishing scams, or sites on Google's list of potentially unsafe websites.

In the beginning there was phone phreaking and worms. Then came spam and pop ups. And none of it was good. But in the nascent decades of the internet, digital networks were detached and isolated enough that the average user could mostly avoid the nastiest stuff. By the early 2000s, though, those walls started coming down, and digital crime boomed. Google, which will turn 20 in September, grew up during this transition.

At the beginning of May, a phishing scam flooded the web, disguised as a typical Google Docs request. Some of the emails even appeared to come from acquaintances. If victims clicked through and granted seemingly innocuous permissions, they exposed their entire Gmail account to whoever was behind the scam. It was an explosive scheme. And Google responded in kind.