Latest Google Chrome news

CISA warns of hackers exploiting Chrome, EoL D-Link bugs

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added three security vulnerabilities to its 'Known Exploited Vulnerabilities' catalog, one impacting Google Chrome and two affecting some D-Link routers.
- Bill Toulas
- May 19, 2024
- 10:17 AM
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Google fixes third actively exploited Chrome zero-day in a week

Google has released a new emergency Chrome security update to address the third zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks within a week.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 15, 2024
- 06:36 PM
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State of Browser Attacks: Learn from John Hammond, Troy Hunt & Matt Johansen

Join Push Security's free three-part webinar series where top security researchers break down the browser-based attacks driving today's biggest breaches - from AiTM phishing and ConsentFix to compromised credentials and session hijacking.
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Google Chrome emergency update fixes 6th zero-day exploited in 2024

Google has released emergency security updates for the Chrome browser to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability tagged as exploited in attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- May 14, 2024
- 04:10 AM
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Google fixes fifth Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks this year

Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to fix the fifth zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild since the start of the year.
- Bill Toulas
- May 10, 2024
- 04:08 AM
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Google Chrome is getting native support for YouTube-like video chapters

Google is adding a new feature to Google Chrome that allows publishers to add video chapters to videos embedded on websites, similar to how chapters work on YouTube.
- Mayank Parmar
- May 06, 2024
- 05:41 PM
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Google Chrome's new post-quantum cryptography may break TLS connections

Some Google Chrome users report having issues connecting to websites, servers, and firewalls after Chrome 124 was released last week with the new quantum-resistant X25519Kyber768 encapsulation mechanism enabled by default.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 28, 2024
- 10:19 AM
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Chrome Enterprise gets Premium security but you have to pay for it

Google has announced a new version of its browser for organizations, Chrome Enterprise Premium, which comes with extended security controls for a monthly fee per user.
- Ionut Ilascu
- April 10, 2024
- 03:52 PM
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Google fixes one more Chrome zero-day exploited at Pwn2Own

Google has fixed another zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome browser, which was exploited by security researchers during the Pwn2Own hacking contest last month.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 03, 2024
- 12:39 PM
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New Chrome feature aims to stop hackers from using stolen cookies

Google announced a new Chrome security feature called 'Device Bound Session Credentials' that ties cookies to a specific device, blocking hackers from stealing and using them to hijack users' accounts.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 02, 2024
- 02:08 PM
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Google agrees to delete Chrome browsing data of 136 million users

Google has agreed to delete billions of data records collected from 136 million Chrome users in the United States, as part of a lawsuit settlement regarding alleged undisclosed browser data collection while in Incognito mode.
- Bill Toulas
- April 02, 2024
- 01:07 PM
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Google fixes Chrome zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own 2024

Google fixed seven security vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser on Tuesday, including two zero-days exploited during the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 27, 2024
- 02:44 PM
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Microsoft again bothers Chrome users with Bing popup ads in Windows

Microsoft is once again harassing Google Chrome users on Windows 10 and Windows 11 with popup desktop advertisements promoting Bing and its GPT-4 Bing Chat platform.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 17, 2024
- 01:08 PM
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Google Chrome gets real-time phishing protection later this month

Google will roll out a Safe Browsing update later this month that will provide real-time malware and phishing protection to all Chrome users, without compromising their browsing privacy.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 14, 2024
- 12:00 PM
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Google paid $10 million in bug bounty rewards last year

Google awarded $10 million to 632 researchers from 68 countries in 2023 for finding and responsibly reporting security flaws in the company's products and services.
- Bill Toulas
- March 12, 2024
- 12:00 PM
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New Google Chrome feature blocks attacks against home networks

Google is testing a new feature to prevent malicious public websites from pivoting through a user's browser to attack devices and services on internal, private networks.
- Mayank Parmar
- February 17, 2024
- 10:07 AM
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Google teases a new modern look for sign-in pages, including Gmail

Google is on the brink of refreshing its sign-in pages, including Gmail, with a sleek, modern makeover.
- Mayank Parmar
- February 08, 2024
- 06:33 AM
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Check if you're in Google Chrome's third-party cookie phaseout test

Google has started testing the phasing out of third-party cookies on Chrome, affecting about 1% of its users or approximately 30 million people. Learn how to check if you are part of the initial test.
- Mayank Parmar
- February 03, 2024
- 02:14 PM
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Google fixes first actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2024

Google has released security updates to fix the first Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild since the start of the year.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 16, 2024
- 02:13 PM
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Latest Adblock update causes massive YouTube performance hit

Adblock and Adblock Plus users report performance issues on YouTube, initially blamed on Google but later determined to be an issue in the popular ad-blocking extension.
- Bill Toulas
- January 15, 2024
- 11:16 AM
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Google: Malware abusing API is standard token theft, not an API issue

Google is downplaying reports of malware abusing an undocumented Google Chrome API to generate new authentication cookies when previously stolen ones have expired.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 06, 2024
- 11:40 AM
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