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June 26, 2013 01:41 am GMT

Google Adds Malware and Phishing Data to Transparency Report

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In a new effort to expand its transparency report, Google has started publishing data on websites that host malware and phishing scams on Tuesday.

"Two of the biggest threats online are malicious software (known as malware) that can take control of your computer, and phishing scams that try to trick you into sharing passwords or other private information," wrote Google's software engineer Lucas Ballard in an official blog post announcing the new data.

The data comes from Google's Safe Browsing program, which the company uses to find and flag malicious sites across the Internet. This is the program that makes Chrome display a big malware warning on a red background when you stumble upon a malicious website. As a result of a program, Google is flagging around 10,000 sites a day.

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