Apple slams Google Chrome for tying millions of iPhone users to Safari

Privacy on iPhone | Flock | Apple – YouTube View on What you need to know Google is targeting iPhone users and wants them to switch from Safari to Chrome as their default browser. Apple has highlighted two major privacy concerns through an advertisement in Google Chrome to discourage users from switching. Google responded to … Read more

Apple warns millions of iPhone users: stop using Google Chrome

New Chrome warning issued for 1.4 billion Apple iPhone users NurPhoto via Getty Images Updated on 7/18 to address Apple’s criticism of Chrome in the new Webkit release. We all know relationships can be complicated, but few are as complicated as the one between Apple and Google. Just look at Appleā€™s creepy new attack ad … Read more

Apple issues ‘huge’ warning about Google Chrome to all iPhone users

By Nikki Main Science Reporter for Dailymail.Com 18:53 Jun 27, 2024, updated 20:26 Jun 27, 2024 Apple has sent out a major warning to all of its 1.46 billion iPhone users, largely targeting Google Chrome. The tech giant has put up billboards around the world to promote its Safari search app, which it touts as … Read more

Research shows that 280 million Google Chrome users have installed dangerous extensions

How safe are Google Chrome extensions? SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Two new reports reveal markedly different opinions about the security of Chrome browser extensions. Google says less than 1% of all installations contain malware, while university researchers say 280 million users installed extensions containing malware over a three-year period. Neither figure gives … Read more

Research shows that the risk of getting a malicious extension from the Chrome Store is much higher than what Google indicates

Google this week reassured that vetting Chrome extensions catches most malicious code, even as it acknowledged that “as with any software, extensions can also pose risks.” Coincidentally, a trio of researchers from Stanford University in the US and the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany have just published a paper on recent data … Read more

When you see this error message, a terrifying new malware attack begins on Google Chrome. Don’t click, millions have been warned

Taking action to fix your Google Chrome browser could be the catalyst that infects your PC with malware. Millions of users have been warned by new research. Experts from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint have discovered a dangerous campaign that masquerades as a fake update in your Google Chrome web browser to force you to download malicious … Read more

Urgent warning for Google Chrome users after a cyber attack has hit the browser with fake error messages. Here’s how to protect yourself

Hackers have a new tactic to sneak malware onto your computer: fake updates for Google's Chrome browser, as well as Microsoft's Word and OneDrive products

Security experts have warned Google Chrome users after discovering a cyberattack targeting the browserlike Microsoft‘s Word and OneDrive apps. The attack used fake error messages to trick users into installing the malicious software themselves as a ‘solution’. Hackers send notifications via email and pop-ups on websites, claiming that the user has encountered a software glitch … Read more

Deadline for Google Chrome: 72 hours to update or uninstall your browser

Users now have less than 72 hours to update or quit Chrome dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Updated June 3 after warnings about cookie theft. For Google Chrome and its more than two billion desktop users, May will go down in history as a month to forget: four zero-days and emergency update alerts in ten … Read more

Millions of Google Chrome users are forced to update the app after a high-level bug was found

MILLIONS of Google Chrome users have been urged to update the browser app after researchers discovered a dangerous high-level vulnerability. Google researchers have discovered a serious security riskCredit: Getty The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-5274, is a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. The issue was reported on May 20 … Read more

How to hide AI results on Google Search with two methods for Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome

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Google has been trying to reinvent its search engine by using AI to show full answers to most questions, a feature the company calls “AI Summaries.” However, if this experience isn’t for you, there are a number of workarounds you can use in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge to get back to a more traditional … Read more