The global tech giant Google has recently beefed up its security level for Gmail users to make sure they don't fall victim to cyber attacks, according to business magazine Fortune.
The media outlet reported that the company expanded its warning system of notifying users before they click suspicious links. Through the expansion, the company now let users read a warning message even after they click the links. The warning message will appear beyond Chrome and Gmail app users, according to the tech company.
In partnership with its internal think tank team Jigsaw, Google also developed a system which suspects government-backed hacking in advance and informs the users of the suspicious moves. When Google machine suspects the move, it shows a message, which reads, "Government-backed hackers are trying to steal your password."
The online giant also announced that it plans to write and submit proposals for new email encryption standard by teaming up with other global tech companies such as Comcast, Microsoft and Yahoo. The proposal is designed to prevent hackers from further hacking using the hacked email messages.
Google's Jigsaw project, which was set up internally in a bid to block cyber threats, has recently launched some security tools. Among them includes password warning plug-in system, which makes users to enter password when they visit unsafe websites, "Shields," which soaks up attacks of a barrage of Internet traffic, and digital attack map, which shows which organizations are under online attacks at a glance.
