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Google has fixed the sixth Chrome zero-day vulnerability this year in an emergency security update released today to counter ongoing exploitation in attacks. Google TAG is known for uncovering zero-days, often exploited by state-sponsored hacking groups in spyware campaigns targeting high-profile individuals like journalists and opposition politicians.

Google has fixed the fifth Chrome zero-day vulnerability this year in an emergency security update released today to counter ongoing exploitation in attacks. Google TAG is known for uncovering zero-days, often exploited by state-sponsored hacking groups in spyware campaigns targeting high-profile individuals like journalists and opposition politicians.

You can soon right-click on any YouTube video in Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome and save the frame in the original resolution and PNG format. Following the introduction of an option to "Copy video frame" on YouTube, Google has now implemented an additional feature allowing you to "Save" video frames directly.

Google has taken a significant step towards enhancing Chrome internet security by automatically upgrading insecure HTTP requests to HTTPS requests for 100% of users. A limited rollout of this feature in Google Chrome began in July, but as of October 16th, Google has now rolled it out to all users on the Stable channel.

Google is getting ready to test a new "IP Protection" feature for the Chrome browser that enhances users' privacy by masking their IP addresses using proxy servers. [...]

In a bid to upgrade user experience, the Chrome team is developing an "Organise Tabs" feature, soon to be seen at the top left corner of the browser, adjacent to the tab search function. This new feature may potentially introduce an automatic tab group creation once tabs are systematically categorised.

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.

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.

The Chaes malware has returned as a new, more advanced variant that includes a custom implementation of the Google DevTools protocol for direct access to the victim's browser functions, allowing it to steal data using WebSockets. A new feature that stands out is Chaes' use of the Chrome DevTools Protocol to steal data from the web browser, including the real-time modification of web pages, execution of JavaScript code, debugging, network request management, memory management, cookie and cache management, and more.

Google is testing a new feature in the Chrome browser that will warn users when an installed extension has been removed from the Chrome Web Store, usually indicative of it being malware. The problem is that these extensions are churned out quickly, with the developers releasing new ones just as Google removes old ones from the Chrome Web Store.