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Google says the latest Google Chrome release comes with a significant performance boost due to newly added improvements to the open-source V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. Google Chrome 91, which started rolling out earlier this week, is executing JavaScript code 23% faster with the inclusion of a new JavaScript compiler and the use of a new way to optimize the code's location in memory.
Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday publicized the disruption of a "Clever" malvertising network targeting AnyDesk that delivered a weaponized installer of the remote desktop software via rogue Google ads that appeared in the search engine results pages. AnyDesk's remote desktop access solution has been downloaded by more than 300 million users worldwide, according to the company's website.
A team of security researchers from Google has demonstrated yet another variant of the Rowhammer vulnerability that targets increasingly smaller DRAM chips to bypass all current mitigations, making it a persistent threat to chip security. Dubbed "Half-Double," the new hammering technique hinges on the weak coupling between two memory rows that are not immediately adjacent to each other but one row removed in an attempt to tamper with data stored in memory and attack a system.
Google has added a new batch of Chrome Actions for early testing in the latest Google Chrome web browser releases before the feature's worldwide rollout later this year. Chrome Actions is a recently introduced experimental Chrome feature that allows you to type in a command, causing an action to be displayed inline in the browser's address bar search results.
A team of researchers from Google has identified a new Rowhammer attack technique that works against recent generations of dynamic random-access memory chips. The new attack method disclosed this week by Google, which researchers have dubbed "Half-Double," shows that the effects of Rowhammer can extend beyond immediate neighbors, thus bypassing some of the existing defenses.
Google on Tuesday announced the release of Chrome 91 to the stable channel. The latest update patches a total of 32 vulnerabilities.
Google has released Chrome 91 today, May 25th, 2021, to the Stable desktop channel, and it includes security improvements, the ability to copy and paste files into web pages, and new developer features. Chrome 91 fixes 32 security vulnerabilities, with eight being marked as 'High' severity.
Google now allows you to password-protect your Google account's My Activity page so that others sharing your device can't snoop on your online activity. When you use Google products, such as Google Search, Gmail, Google News, the Play Store, Maps, and YouTube, the company will record what activities you performed on these services.
Google has released a minor Google Chrome update that fixes the worldwide browser crashes occurring since Thursday on Windows 10 and Linux. On Thursday, many Windows 10 users suddenly found that Google Chrome extensions and tabs were crashing, as shown in the image below.
Google Chrome has suddenly started crashing yesterday for many Windows users worldwide making the browser unusable. As first reported by Windows Latest, starting yesterday morning, users began reporting that Google Chrome extensions and tabs suddenly began crashing while using the browser.