Google Docs Will Automatically Alert You Of Suspicious Links
Google will alert its users of dangerous links that may contain phishing and malware software within them automatically in a new feature to debut later this year. The company announced the addition to its Google Drive suite of professional services as part of its Google I/O 2022 special event. The two-day presentation kicked off on Wednesday, May 11th with an annual keynote that highlighted the new products, software and services that Google plans to unveil. It's a developer-focused event — the name references the input and output connections on a computer — but Google has also used the time to provide more details on its consumer offerings. As part of the festivities, it was announced that the popular Google Drive workspace would be receiving a much-needed security feature.
The issue of privacy and security online has never been more pressing, with reported cybercrimes climbing to alarming levels in 2021. In that calendar year, nearly 850,000 cybercrimes were reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigations in the United States. This led to a figure of $6.9 billion in damages due to the criminal activity, which can include phishing and malware. The term phishing is used for an online scam that prompts users to provide personal identifying information to criminals posing as official entities or authorities, while malware is the term for malicious software that is disguised as a valid application or file. With a new update to Google Drive, the company hopes to curb this criminal activity on their platform.
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Google is using artificial intelligence to proactively detect suspicious links that are entered in Google Drive starting later this year.
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