Google Chrome Users Are Alerted to a New Security Flaw
Approximately 3.65 billion of the 5.52 billion people with internet access use Google Chrome, accounting for roughly 66.6% of the total population.
The Importance of Browser Security
Platform providers like Google, Microsoft, and others must make sure their browsers are updated with the newest security features to protect against cyber dangers, even while users are cautioned not to go too far into the black web.
On Windows, macOS, and Linux, CERT-In identifies a serious security flaw in Chrome.
A security flaw has been discovered in Google Chrome, a program that runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. According to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), hackers can take advantage of this vulnerability to run arbitrary code and bring down the system.
What Is the Vulnerability?
“This vulnerability exists in Google Chrome due to ‘Use after gree in Site Isolation. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this by persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allow a remote attacker to execute arbitarry code on the targeted system,” CERT-in noted.
Google Updates Chrome Security Critically on All Major Platforms
Google has released the update to the impacted versions, 135.0.7049.84/.85 (for Windows and Mac) and 135.0.7049.84 (for Linux), after admitting to the problem.
Chrome Users Urged to Update
To protect themselves from online dangers, Chrome users are encouraged to update to the most recent version of the browser.
Android April 2025 Security Update: Patches for 62 Vulnerabilities
In a related move, Google fixed 62 Android phone vulnerabilities with security updates in the April 2025 update.
Two of the 62 security flaws, CVE-2024-53150 and CVE-2024-53197, are regarded as zero-day problems. According to reports, hackers used them to launch focused assaults against Android phone owners.
Zero-Day Vulnerabilities: What Are They?
For the uninitiated, a zero-day vulnerability is a software security flaw that some hackers may have used to attack systems but that the relevant specialists (in this case, Google engineers) were previously ignorant of.
