Google has denied reports that it issued a mass security warning to all Gmail users, calling the stories “entirely false.” The company claimed in a blog post on Monday that Gmail’s built-in safeguards are still “strong and effective” and that users need to be on the lookout for phishing attacks, not panic.
Google noted that its safety systems and filters still stop more than 99.9% of phishing and malware attempts before they get to inboxes. The company also said that it puts a lot of money into security and makes sure that people know about risks. It asked that public conversations on threats stay “accurate and factual.”
After days of headlines and social media posts that made it sound like all Gmail users got an urgent alert, this correction comes. Google claims that’s not true. There was no general warning given out, and the only new security issue on the platform is the continuous arms race with phishers.
Google is suggesting its users to use passkeys instead of passwords, which are safer, and to go over some basic strategies for recognizing and reporting phishing attempts. Those suggestions are aimed to make accounts less vulnerable to social engineering attacks that are still going across the web.
Google said that Gmail’s defenses are working as they should and that news of a blanket emergency notice is false. As best practices for additional protection, google encourages users to use a secure password alternative like Passkeys, and to follow these best practices to spot and report phishing attacks.
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