Chrome

Adobe quietly bundles data-collecting Chrome extension with latest Reader update

January 13, 2017

Chrome users who have installed the latest Adobe security updates have also been unknowingly saddled with a browser extension (“Adobe Acrobat”) that can collect some of their …

Malvertising campaign compromises routers instead of computers

December 16, 2016

The DNSChanger exploit kit is back and more effective than ever, and is being used in a widespread malvertising attack whose goal is to compromise small/home office routers. …

Final warning: Popular browsers will soon stop accepting SHA-1 certificates

November 17, 2016

Starting with Chrome 56, planned to be released to the wider public at the end of January 2017, Google will remove support for SHA-1 certificates. Other browser makers plan to …

Bug in Chrome for mobile exploited for drive-by Android malware downloads

November 8, 2016

Users of the mobile version of Google Chrome should be extra careful when faced with unsolicited offers to install a popular app, Kaspersky Lab researchers warn. Cyber crooks …

Tech support scammers use old bug to freeze browsers

November 7, 2016

Tech support scammers are exploiting a bug that maxes out users’ CPU and memory capability and effectively freezes the browser and possibly the computer, in an attempt …

Google warns of actively exploited Windows zero-day

November 1, 2016

Google has disclosed to the public the existence of a Windows zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2016-7255) that is being actively exploited in the wild. According to Neel Mehta and …

Chrome will start labeling some HTTP sites as non-secure

September 9, 2016

Slowly but relentlessly, Google is pushing website owners to deploy HTTPS – or get left behind. The latest announced push is scheduled for January 2017, when Chrome 56 …

Google Chrome impersonator Trojan doing rounds

August 31, 2016

If you’re a Google Chrome user, and suddenly your browser looks a bit off and shows you pages that you would never visit ordinarily, you’ve probably been hit with …

Google Chrome users targeted by tech support scammers

August 29, 2016

Google Chrome users, beware: tech support scammers are misusing helpful browser features to impersonate Microsoft and to bombard users users with pop-ups. In the first …

Researchers pinpoint best times for delivering security messages

August 19, 2016

When is the best time to deliver a security message? A group of researchers from Brigham Young University has been tracking users’ neural activity while they are using a …

Chrome vulnerability lets attackers steal movies from streaming services

June 27, 2016

A significant security vulnerability in Google technology that is supposed to protect videos streamed via Google Chrome has been discovered by researchers from the Ben-Gurion …

Bug in Chrome’s PDF reader allows arbitrary code execution

June 9, 2016

Vulnerabilities in software often arise from faulty implementations of elements developed by other code writers. Take for example CVE-2016-1681, the heap-based buffer overflow …