81 Phishing Attack Statistics 2023: The Ultimate Insight published by Astra, April 2023.
Based on an online survey of 1,001 adults in the U.S. conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Gen™ (formerly NortonLifeLock), November–December 2022.
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4 Only available on Windows systems (but not in S mode or on ARM processors).
21 Utilities Ultimate, Driver Updater, Software Updater, and Cloud Backup features are only available on Windows (excluding Windows in S mode and Windows running on ARM processor).
22 Private Browser is only available on Windows (excluding Windows in S mode and Windows running on ARM processor) and Mac.
‡ Monitoring available on Windows™ PC, iOS, and Android™ devices. Not all features available on all platforms.
§ Monitoring not available in all countries and varies based on region.
Stay safer against scams as you browse the web.
We've introduced AI-powered features to block malicious sites and analyze online content in real time, helping to protect you from scams.
Get Norton Safe Web as part of Norton 360 Deluxe.
Norton Safe Web is part of Norton 360, designed to enhance your online safety. It uses advanced AI to detect scams and dangerous websites, alerting you to risks as you surf, shop, or browse. By analyzing content patterns, it identifies malicious links, phishing attempts, and other threats to help keep you secure. This innovative tool works seamlessly within Scam Protection, shielding you from hidden online dangers.
Cybercriminals can create fake websites that mimic trusted shopping or banking pages to steal sensitive information like passwords or credit card details. Norton Safe Web uses AI technology to detect and block these threats, warning you before they can cause harm.
Norton 360 adds another layer of protection by detecting phishing attempts, impersonation scams, and other tactics, stopping cybercriminals before they can target your personal details.
Norton Safe Web works alongside tools like Safe SMS and Genie Scam Assistant in Norton 360, offering a complete digital safety solution. Norton 360 also includes VPN, Private Browser, and Dark Web Monitoring to help secure your online experience.
Browse the web more safely with Norton 360 Deluxe. Leverage the power of AI to help detect scams, spot unsafe websites, and block hackers in real time.
Norton plans with device security include the Norton Safe Web functionality as a built-in feature that won’t slow down your browsing. You can also try out Norton Safe Web browser extensions, which have more limited, but still powerful capabilities, for free.
Today, scams are the most common type of cyberattack, overtaking traditional digital threats like malware, adware, and trojans. In 2024 alone, Norton helped customers detect over four billion scams.
Phishing
Deceptive messages attempting to trick you into revealing sensitive information, like your login details or credit card information.
Fake e-stores
Shopping sites that look legitimate but exist only to steal your money or sensitive data.
Malvertisements
Online ads that hide malicious code or redirect you to unsafe sites when clicked.
Crypto scams
Fraudulent investment offers or fake cryptocurrency platforms designed to steal your funds.
Tech support scams
False alerts about device infections that pressure you to call a fake support number or download harmful software.
Romance scams
Scammers who build fake online relationships to trick people into sending money or sharing sensitive information.
Charity scams
Scam sites pretending to be charities asking for donations that go straight to scammers.
Investment scams
Fraudulent sites or offers promising high returns to trick you into handing over money.
Norton Safe Web uses a powerful combination of URL filtering and AI-powered content analysis to provide always-on protection that doesn’t slow down your device.
Norton Safe Web scans websites and links against a massive database of scam URLs, helping you avoid threats before exposing sensitive information or downloading malware. With constant updates in real time, new threats identified within the network are blocked within minutes to keep you safe
Norton Safe Web goes beyond URL filtering by analysing the language in scam messages to detect potential threats. Using advanced AI-powered technology, it scans text, code, images, and other hidden elements for over 120,000 scam patterns in real time.
This smart analysis runs quietly in the background, allowing you to browse, shop, and bank online with confidence, all without slowing down your experience.
Because the Norton Safe Web browser extension is so important to helping protect your web browsing, we have a notification in red for current customers with device security, saying to enable it.
While we want all users to use the extension, we have added the ability to snooze or disable the red state warning to get back to the green state, even if you choose not to use the Norton Safe Web browser extension.
Any time you add additional security there can be a slight performance tradeoff. We do extensive testing to optimize the performance to make it as minimally noticeable as we can, but if you encounter an issue related to performance, please let us know and we can try to reproduce the issue and work to fix it.
No, the Norton Safe Web extension does not modify your search engine preference. We do have a separate extension called Norton Safe Search that does send you to our customized search engine.
Whether you have the Norton Safe Web browser extension installed and active or not, if you have a Norton Device Security solution installed on your device, you are already receiving multiple layers of protection against a wide variety of cyberthreats.
Installing the Norton Safe Web extension gives you even more protection by enabling you to take advantage of the new features described above.
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