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

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