Google Chat introduces warning banners to protect from phishing attacks
Washington, May 22: Google announced on Thursday that it would now display warning banners against potential phishing and malware attacks coming from personal accounts. In order to prevent phishing, Google has introduced this tweak for Google Chat in its latest expansion.
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Google's new warning banner first appeared in Gmail's workspace account to show attempts to seduce someone with links that could be used for malware, phishing, or ransomware.
In late April, Google expanded the banner of Google Docs to inform users that malicious files were suspected in some Google Workspace apps (documents, sheets, slides, drawings) regardless of where the link was opened.
The new feature is being rolled out over the next couple of weeks, and will be available for both personal Google accounts and for Google Workspace customers.
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