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Google is changing how Chrome detects and warns you about unsafe sites

Google is changing how Chrome detects and warns you about unsafe sites

Image Credits: sarayut Thaneerat / Getty Images Google announced a major change to its Safe Browsing feature in Chrome today that will make the service work in real time by checking against a server-side list — all without sharing your browsing habits with Google. Previously, Chrome downloaded a list of known sites that harbor malware, unwanted software and phishing scams once or twice per hour. Now, Chrome will move to a system that will send the URLs you are visiting to… Source link

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The tech ecosystem has ‘become really unsafe’

The tech ecosystem has ‘become really unsafe’

The head of the nation’s top cybersecurity agency is warning that the current technology ecosystem, which underpins much of our lives, is at risk of being hacked by malicious actors. In an interview with Yahoo Finance at CES 2023 in Las Vegas, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly explained that the tech industry, consumers, and government need to come together to help improve cyber safety in the U.S. “We live in a world…of massive connections where that… Source link

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Salmonella outbreak, mislabeled food and unsafe levels of lead prompt food recalls

Salmonella outbreak, mislabeled food and unsafe levels of lead prompt food recalls

Grocery shoppers, beware: a number of recalls have been announced in recent days on seafood, crackers and canned beef with gravy. Shoppers should be on the lookout for some products from Northeast Seafood Products (which has distributed seafood products linked to a salmonella outbreak), Simple Mills (which is warning consumers of a packaging mistake that could lead to severe allergic reactions) and Crider Foods (which issued a recalled for canned beef with gravy after discovering it may have… Source link

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