GOOGLE has said it is boosting measures to ensure its online platform users are protected against bad actors taking advantage of coronavirus to carry out fraud and cybercrime. One such measures is improving enforcement against phishing and "trick-to-click" ads. "If we find specific categories of ads are more prone to abuse, we prioritise our resources to prevent bad actors from taking advantage of users. One of the areas that we've become familiar with is phishing, a common practice used by deceptive players to collect personal information from users under false pretences," the company said in a blog on its website. "For example, in 2019 we saw more bad actors targeting people seeking to renew their passport. These ads mimicked real ads for renewal sites but their actual intent was to get users to provide sensitive information such as their social security or credit card number.
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