According to which? The company's research on the newly discovered top 800 phishing websites, windows Chrome browser only blocks 28% of them, while Mac OS only blocks 25%. These figures are in sharp contrast to Firefox, the best performing browser, which redirects users from 85% of these sites in windows and 78% on Mac.
In a statement sent to the independent, a British news media, Google said that which? Is skeptical of the findings of:
The methodology and results of this study require careful review. For more than 10 years, Google has been helping other browsers develop anti phishing standards -- and providing basic technology for free. Google and Mozilla often cooperate to improve network security. Firefox browser mainly relies on Google's Safe Browsing API to prevent phishing - but researchers say that Firefox browser provides significantly more phishing protection than chrome. It is very unlikely that there is a meaningful difference in the level of protection provided by browsers that use the same technology to detect phishing. Therefore, we are still skeptical about the findings of this report.
Phishing scams are almost as old as the Internet. They usually take the form of e-mail or text messages with fraudulent website links disguised as official login pages of any number of legitimate companies. Chrome, Firefox and other browsers try to filter out these suspicious websites.
Phishing scams are most easily mitigated at the user level. Consumers should be suspicious of unsolicited e-mails that require information or require them to log on to a website, no matter how formal the e-mail or website looks. Poor grammar or spelling and unusual URLs are other obvious signs that e-mails do not really come from banks or other websites that users often visit.