Security News

More Chrome OS Devices Receive Meltdown, Spectre Patches
2018-03-22 14:36

The latest stable channel update for Google’s Chrome OS operating system includes mitigations for devices with Intel processors affected by the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Meltdown and...

Chrome 65 Patches 45 Vulnerabilities
2018-03-07 12:57

Released in the stable channel this week, Chrome 65 brings 45 security fixes, including 27 patches for vulnerabilities discovered by external researchers. read more

From July on, Chrome will brand plain old HTTP as “Not secure”
2018-02-09 19:50

The "Not secure" label will go where the padlock would go for an encrypted connection.

Chrome will mark HTTP pages as “not secure”
2018-02-09 18:10

Starting with Chrome 68, which is scheduled to be released in July 2018, Google will explicitly mark all HTTP sites as “not secure”: According to Google’s numbers, 68% of Chrome traffic on both...

Grammarly Patches Chrome Extension Bug That Exposed Users’ Docs
2018-02-05 21:20

The grammar-checking web service fixed the problem with "impressive" speed, a Google researcher says.

Firefox, Chrome Patch Vulnerabilities, Add Security Features
2018-01-25 18:51

Dueling browsers, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, have patched bugs and beefed up security.

Chrome 64 Brings Additional Mitigations for CPU Flaw
2018-01-25 12:31

Google this week released Chrome 64 in the stable channel with fixes for 53 security flaws and with additional mitigations against the web-exploitable “Spectre” CPU vulnerability.  read more

Malicious Chrome extension is next to impossible to manually remove
2018-01-19 18:36

Extensions remain the Achilles heel for an otherwise highly secure browser.

Google Chrome Once Again Target of Malicious Extensions
2018-01-16 21:33

Researchers at network security vendor ICEBRG recently discovered four malicious extensions in the official Google Chrome Web Store with a combined user count of more than 500,000, and as with...

Half Million Impacted by Four Malicious Chrome Extensions
2018-01-15 19:44

Four malicious Chrome extensions managed to infect over half a million users worldwide, including employees of major organizations, ICEBRG reports.   read more