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Security researchers with The Citizen Lab and Google's Threat Analysis Group revealed today that three zero-days patched by Apple on Thursday were abused as part of an exploit chain to install Cytrox's Predator spyware. Google TAG also observed the attackers using a separate exploit chain to drop Predator spyware on Android devices in Egypt, exploiting CVE-2023-4762-a Chrome bug patched on September 5th-as a zero-day to gain remote code execution.

How should SMBs navigate the phishing minefield?In this Help Net Security interview, Pete Hoff, CISO at Wursta, offers advice to SMB security leaders and professionals on how to minimize the threat phishing presents to their organization's operations and long-term success. Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild, patch now!Google has rolled out a security update for a critical Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild.

Google Chrome is set to enhance its user experience on the desktop by adding a "Read aloud" function, currently available for testing in the Canary version. A notable feature of Read Aloud is the adjustable playback speed, allowing users to control the rate at which articles are read aloud.

Zero-Day Security Vulnerability Found in Chrome, Firefox and Other Browsers Updates are now available to patch a Chrome vulnerability that would allow attackers to run malicious code. It's time to update Google Chrome, Mozilla's Firefox or Thunderbird, Microsoft Edge, the Brave browser or Tor Browser; web development news site StackDiary has reported a zero-day vulnerability in all six browsers that could allow threat actors to execute malicious code.

Google has rushed out a fix for a vulnerability in its Chrome browser, noting that an exploit already exists in the wild. The search giant has followed Apple in hurriedly issuing an update in response to research from The Citizen Lab at The University of Toronto's Munk School.

Google has rolled out a security update for a critical Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild.Chrome generally applies the update automatically when users close and reopen the browser.

Google on Monday rolled out out-of-band security patches to address a critical security flaw in its Chrome web browser that it said has been exploited in the wild. With the latest fix, Google has addressed a total of four zero-days in Chrome since the start of the year -.

Google released emergency security updates to fix the fourth Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks since the start of the year. This update was immediately available when BleepingComputer checked for new updates via the Chrome menu > Help > About Google Chrome.

Google has officially begun its rollout of Privacy Sandbox in the Chrome web browser to a majority of its users, nearly four months after it announced the plans. "We believe it is vital to both improve privacy and preserve access to information, whether it's news, a how-to-guide, or a fun video," Anthony Chavez, vice president of Privacy Sandbox initiatives at Google, said.

Google has started to roll out its new interest-based advertising platform called the Privacy Sandbox, shifting the tracking of user's interests from third-party cookies to the Chrome browser. While Google states that the Privacy Sandbox is designed to increase privacy by letting your web browser compute your interests locally rather than through cookies, Apple, Mozilla, and the WC3 TAG have cited numerous issues with the proposal.