Google Advanced Protection Program with malicious file analysis

In 2017, Google announced the Advanced Protection Program (APP) for securing the accounts of high-risk individuals such as journalists, business executives, activists, and people involved in electoral processes.

While the service is free to use, subscribers will need to pay a fee to obtain a security key.

In August 2019, Google announced that the Chrome APP would automatically scan for dangerous downloads, turn on alerts if needed, and block downloads of malicious software.
Today the announced further improvements to this feature.

In one suspension In its blog, Google states that APP clients are already protected from phishing and that Chrome warns when downloading dangerous files. The company seems to be going a step further by allowing APP users to send dangerous files directly to Google to scan for potential threats.

The company will use the cloud-hosting Safe Browsing suite to detect malware to analyze any files uploaded by users to its service.

Google says:

Όταν ένας χρήστης κάνει λήψη ενός αρχείου, η Ασφαλής περιήγηση (Safe Browsing) θα πραγματοποιήσει έναν γρήγορο έλεγχο χρησιμοποιώντας μεταδεδομένα, όπως τα hashes του αρχείου, για να αξιολογήσει αν φαίνεται ύποπτο. Οποιεσδήποτε λήψεις θεωρούνται επικίνδυνες από την Ασφαλή Περιήγηση, θα εμφανίζουν στον χρήστη μια προειδοποίηση και τη δυνατότητα αποστολής του αρχείου προς σάρωση. Αν ο χρήστης επιλέξει να στείλει το αρχείο, ο Chrome θα το ανεβάσει στην Ασφαλή περιήγηση της Google, η οποία θα το σαρώσει χρησιμοποιώντας τις τεχνικές στατικής και δυναμικής ανάλυσης σε πραγματικό χρόνο. Μετά από μια σύντομη αναμονή, αν η Ασφαλής περιήγηση διαπιστώσει ότι το αρχείο δεν είναι , Chrome will warn the user. As always, users can bypass the warning and open the file without scanning if they are sure the file is safe. Safe Browsing deletes files you upload shortly after scanning.

You can find more details about the program here.

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