Warning Issued For Millions Of Google Chrome Users

Warning Issued For Millions Of Google Chrome Users




Google recently gave Chrome users a reason to quit its browser altogether, but for the millions who inevitably choose to stay, they now need to react quickly to a serious new upgrade warning. 



Google Chrome users must urgently update their browsers


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Google Just Gave Millions Of Users A Reason To Quit ChromeForbes Gordon Kelly

In a new blog post, Google has confirmed three “High” level vulnerabilities within Chrome 80, one of which (CVE-2020-6418) is a zero-day exploit that “exists in the wild”. This makes sticking on the current version of Chrome an immediate danger. Neowin notes that the zero day exploit is a Type Confusion hack which exploits JavaScript and deliberately causes errors in the browser through which hackers can run unrestricted code.


In response, Google has released Chrome 80.0.3987.122 with patches for all three exploits and users around the world should be receiv ..

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