Security News

Chrome Extensions Policy Hits Deceptive Installation Tactics
2019-05-31 17:04

Google this week announced a new policy that aims at eliminating the use of deceptive installation tactics among Chrome browser extensions.  read more

Chrome extension devs must drop deceptive installation tactics
2019-05-31 09:41

After announcing its intention to limit third-party developers’ access to Chrome’s webRequest API, which is used by many ad-blocking extensions to filter out content, Google has followed up with...

Microsoft Brings Hardware-Based Isolation to Chrome, Firefox
2019-05-24 13:49

Microsoft this week made the Windows Defender Application Guard extensions generally available, which now provides hardware-based isolation to all Chrome and Firefox users on Windows 10. read more

MDS vulnerabilities lead Chrome OS 74 to disable hyper-threading
2019-05-16 14:52

Hyper-Threading, Intel's implementation of symmetric multithreading (SMT) can be exploited using the newly-disclosed MDS vulnerabilities, like Fallout and ZombieLoad.

Chrome browser pushes SameSite cookie security overhaul
2019-05-10 14:03

Slowly but steadily, developers are being given the tools with which to tame the promiscuous and often insecure world of the browser cookie.

Chrome plans to save you from sites that mess with your back button
2019-05-09 13:40

Has your back button ever mysteriously stopped working?

Fix on the way for Google Chrome flaw allowing malicious websites to break back button
2019-05-08 17:46

Google Chrome users have complained for years about how browser handles history, allowing malicious websites to inhibit back button usage.

Google Chrome to Introduce Improved Cookie Controls Against Online Tracking
2019-05-08 10:03

At the company's I/O 2019 developer conference, Google has announced its plan to introduce two new privacy and security-oriented features in the upcoming versions of its Chrome web browser. In an...

Chrome 74 Patches 39 Vulnerabilities
2019-04-24 13:38

Google this week released Chrome 74 to the stable channel with patches for 39 vulnerabilities, as well as with several other tweaks inside. Of the 39 security fixes included in the new browser...

Easter Attack Affects Half a Billion Apple iOS Users via Chrome Bug
2019-04-18 16:00

The U.S-focused eGobbler malvertising attacks are exploiting an unpatched Google Chrome bug.