Security News

High-Severity Chrome Vulnerabilities Earn Researcher $32K in Rewards (Threatpost)
2017-01-26 14:00

Researcher Mariusz Mlynski found and disclosed four high-severity vulnerabilities in Chrome’s Blink rendering engine, earning himself $32,000 through the Chrome Rewards program.

Cisco WebEx extension opens Chrome users to drive-by malware attacks (Help Net Security)
2017-01-24 16:41

Windows users who have the widely used Cisco WebEx extension installed on Chrome are in danger of getting silently hacked when visiting a malicious website. The vulnerability, which can be...

Cisco Patches Critical Flaw in WebEx Chrome Plugin (Threatpost)
2017-01-24 13:32

Cisco has fixed a vulnerability in its WebEx extension for Chrome that allowed for remote code execution on computers running the plugin.

Adobe quietly bundles data-collecting Chrome extension with latest Reader update (Help Net Security)
2017-01-13 20:16

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 operating environment...

Microsoft, Google to Block Flash by Default in Edge, Chrome (Threatpost)
2016-12-15 18:46

Microsoft followed Google's lead and said it will soon block Flash Player by default in the Edge browser.

Google Fixes 12 High-Severity Flaws In Chrome Browser (Threatpost)
2016-12-02 16:45

Chrome 55.0.2883.75 for Windows, Mac, and Linux was released Thursday and patched 36 vulnerabilities, including 12 high-severity flaws eligible for bounties.