Tag: Google Chrome

February 19, 2024

Google Chrome is getting an upgrade that will help safeguard devices connected to a private or home network. Google outlined its plans in a post on its Chrome Platform Status page, explaining that the new feature will behave as a […]

October 18, 2023

There are multiple fake “update your browser” campaigns active right now that are aiming to trick people into installing all kinds of malware on their devices. A new report from Proofpoint observed at least four different campaigns, delivering different malicious […]

August 18, 2023

Google has announced plans to add a new feature in the upcoming version of its Chrome web browser to alert users when an extension they have installed has been removed from the Chrome Web Store. The feature, set for release […]

June 14, 2023

At least half of dozen GitHub accounts from fake researchers associated with a fraudulent cybersecurity company have been observed pushing malicious repositories on the code hosting service. All seven repositories, which are still available as of writing, claim to be […]

December 29, 2022

A recent code change(opens in new tab) for Google Chrome has uncovered an updated feature that will see the popular web browser automatically preventing insecure downloads from HTTP sites. Formerly the norm, many HTTP sites have since been updated to […]

August 17, 2022

The latest update to Google’s Chrome browser is out, bumping the four-part version number to 104.0.5112.101 (Mac and Linux), or to 104.0.5112.102 (Windows). According to Google, the new version includes 11 security fixes, one of which is annotated with the […]

June 8, 2022

The notorious Emotet malware has turned to deploy a new module designed to siphon credit card information stored in the Chrome web browser. The credit card stealer, which exclusively singles out Chrome, has the ability to exfiltrate the collected information […]

May 27, 2022

Google has boasted that Chrome OS has never been hit by ransomware and says there is no evidence of a “successful virus attack”. The Chrome browser, on the other hand, has been increasingly targeted in zero-day attacks. The tech giant […]

December 7, 2021

Of these 16 security errors, 15 are rated high severity. Nearly half of them are use-after-free bugs affecting various components of the browser. The most severe of these issues affects the web apps component. Tracked as CVE-2021-4052, it was reported […]

November 2, 2021

What browser do you use? There’s a good chance—roughly one in seven—that it’s Google Chrome. And even if you prefer a different browser, there’s a good chance that you’re using something that’s based on Google Chrome, such as Edge, Vivaldi, […]

September 14, 2021

Google released Chrome 93.0.4577.82 for Windows, Mac, and Linux that fixed eleven security issues, including two zero-days vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild. This is the tenth zero-day vulnerability in Chrome fixed by Google that was exploited in attacks in […]

August 4, 2021

Researchers Leecraso and Guang Gong of the 360 Alpha Lab team at Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 have earned $20,000 for a high-severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-30590. Google described the issue as a heap buffer overflow in Bookmarks. Leecraso told […]

July 23, 2021

A malware known for targeting macOS operating system has been updated once again to add more features to its toolset that allows it to amass and exfiltrate sensitive data stored in a variety of apps, including apps such as Google […]

July 16, 2021

As it put out the latest stable build of the cross-platform Chrome web browser, Google noted that the build bundles eight security fixes, including one that it was aware was being exploited in the wild. Six of the patched Chrome […]

May 10, 2021

Google Chrome developers have proposed adding support for a new HTML tag to allow web developers from ensuring its users aren’t tracked by third party cookies. All current web browsers allow third-party iframes to communicate with the website that has […]

March 18, 2021

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo called out rival Google for “spying” on users after the search giant updated its flagship app to spell out the exact kinds of information it collects for personalization and marketing purposes. “After months of stalling, Google […]

November 3, 2020

Google has released Chrome 86.0.4240.183 for Windows, Mac, and Linux that address ten security vulnerabilities including a remote code execution (RCE) zero-day (CVE-2020-16009) exploited by threat actors in the wild. The RCE is an inappropriate implementation in V8, which is […]

October 26, 2020

Google has recently released Chrome version 86.0.4240.111 to patch several holes. One is for a zero-day flaw – that means a vulnerability that is being actively exploited in the wild. The flaw, which is officially designated as CVE-2020-15999, occurs in […]

May 27, 2020

GOOGLE’S CHROME WEB browser is the world’s most popular way for people to navigate the web. But it’s far from perfect. Google’s dominance in online advertising means it slurps up plenty of your browsing data, which is used to show […]

March 19, 2020

MICROSOFT EDGE RECEIVED the lowest privacy rating in a recently published study that compared the user information collected by major browsers. Yandex, the less-popular browser developed by the Russian Web search provider Yandex, shared that dubious distinction. Brave, the upstart […]