Chrome

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2019
CVE-2019-13720 flaw in Chrome exploited in Operation WizardOpium attacks

One of the two flaws in Chrome addressed by Google, CVE-2019-13720, was exploited in a campaign that experts attribute to Korea-linked threat actors. This week Google released security updates to address two high severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, one of which is a zero-day flaw actively exploited in attacks in the wild to hijack […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2019
Kaspersky researchers found a Chrome 0-day exploited in attacks in the wild

Google released security updates to address two high severity flaws in Chrome, one of which is actively exploited in attacks in the wild to hijack computers. Google released security updates to address two high severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, one of which is a zero-day flaw actively exploited in attacks in the wild to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2019
PDF zero-day samples harvest user data when opened in Chrome

Experts at Exploit detection service EdgeSpot detected several PDF documents that exploit a zero-day flaw in Chrome to harvest user data. Exploit detection service EdgeSpot spotted several PDF documents that exploit a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome to harvest data on users who open the files through the popular web browser. The experts initially detected the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2019
Google open sourced the ClusterFuzz fuzzing platform

Google has open sourced ClusterFuzz, its fuzzing infrastructure it has developed to find memory corruption vulnerabilities in Chrome. Google has open sourced its fuzzing infrastructure ClusterFuzz that the tech giant developed to find memory corruption bugs in the Chrome browser. ClusterFuzz is a scalable fuzzing tool that can run on clusters with more than 25,000 cores. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2018
Google addresses critical security vulnerabilities in Chrome 66

Google released an updated version of Chrome 66 that addresses a Critical security vulnerability that could be exploited by an attacker to take over a system. Google released an updated version of Chrome 66 (version 66.0.3359.170) for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems that addressed 4 security vulnerabilities. “This update includes 4 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2018
Chrome freezes PC running Windows OS after Windows 10 April update

Some Chrome users are reporting freezes and timeouts after the installation of the Windows 10 April Update, let’s see what has happened After the installation of  Windows 10 April Update I observed continuous freezes while using the Chrome browser with one of my PCs, in some cases, I was not able to reach the websites […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2018
New Windows Defender Browser Protection Chrome extension aims to protect them from online threats.

Microsoft announced the new Windows Defender Browser Protection extension that aims to protect them from online threats. Microsoft has a surprise for Chrome users in the Chrome Web Store, it’s the new Windows Defender Browser Protection extension that aims to protect them from online threats. The new extension will help users in avoiding phishing emails, as well as, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2018
Four malicious Chrome extensions affected over half a million users and global businesses

Four malicious Chrome extensions may have impacted more than half million users likely to conduct click fraud or black search engine optimization. More than half million users may have been infected by four malicious Chrome extensions that were likely used to conduct click fraud or black search engine optimization. According to ICEBRG, the malicious extensions […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2017
Google Chrome will block code injection from third-party software within 14 months

Google announced the block of code injection from third-party applications into the Chrome browser. Developers have 14 months to update their code. Google continues to improve security of its product and services, the IT giant announced the for blocking third-party applications from injecting code into the Chrome browser. The decision of the company will have […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2017
Google introduces updates in Chrome to prevent unexpected redirects and unwanted content

Google presents changes to Google Chrome that aim to prevent users from being redirected to unexpected websites and unwanted content. Google is continuously working to improve the security of its product and service, last changes to Google Chrome aim to prevent users from being redirected to unexpected websites and unwanted content. It has been estimated by […]