The Verge2026-10-20 17:00:00

Chrome will now show a warning before you visit ‘suspicious’ sites

Google is launching a new browser safety feature for Chrome that aims to keep you better informed about how malicious a website might be before you open it.

Summary

The suspicious site warnings build on a similar two-stage system introduced for Chrome file downloads in 2024, which provides visually different notifications for blocked files based on […]

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This is a brief wire summary, the full story (linked below) has the complete details.

KazaSec's take

Web and API vulnerabilities like this are exactly what manual penetration testing is designed to catch, automated scanners routinely miss the logic flaws and chained issues that cause the most damage in practice.

Coverage details

Source: The Verge
Published: 2026-10-20 17:00:00
Author: jess weatherbed
Category: technology

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