DuckDuckGo is offering enhanced, in-browser scam protections Online scams are on the rise, so it wants to keep users safe It says Scam Blocker doesn't send tracking information to third-parties Online ...

Microsoft Edge now features domain impersonation protection and a scareware blocker. Quick Assist alerts users with warning messages before allowing remote access.

For example, Microsoft Edge has website typo protection and domain impersonation protection, which use deep learning to warn users about fake websites. Edge also has a Scareware Blocker, which ...

Edge has also implemented a machine learning-based Scareware Blocker to identify and block potential scam pages and deceptive pop-up screens with alarming warnings claiming a computer has been ...

In addition to the performance improvements, Edge 134 also brings multiple notable new features, including an AI-powered ' Scareware Blocker ' that Microsoft claims is an effective first line of ...

We have seen different features appear in Edge, such as Scareware protection in version 133, which aims to protect users from deceptive pop-ups that trick them into thinking their computers are ...

Method 1: Enable Scareware Blocker in Microsoft Edge Microsoft Edge includes a built-in AI-powered security feature called Scareware Blocker. It uses a local AI model to analyze web page contents in ...

Microsoft has added anti-scareware protection to its Edge browser in response to such phishing attacks.

Learn how to enable Scareware Blocker in Microsoft Edge to keep malicious software websites from loading when using Microsoft Edge.

How this phishing campaign works on Mac As 9to5Mac notes, the campaign quickly pivoted to targeting macOS and Safari after anti-scareware was released for Edge, Chrome, and Firefox in February.

The hackers behind the scareware previously targeted Windows users but switched to macOS after Microsoft introduced an anti-scareware feature for the Edge browser.

The attackers had previously targeted Windows users with fake Microsoft security alerts, but then adapted their tactics in response to new anti-scareware features deployed in Chrome, Edge, and ...