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Google has released Chrome 100 today, March 29th, 2022, to the Stable desktop channel, and it includes a new logo, security improvements, development features, and more. Today, Google promoted Chrome 100 to the Stable channel, Chrome 101 as the new Beta version, and Chrome 102 will be the Canary version.

Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge have been updated to patch a security flaw an exploit for which is said to be in the wild. Chromium is at the heart of Google Chrome as well as Microsoft Edge.

Last time we reported on a Chrome zero-day flaw was back in February 2022. Anyway, back in February 2022, none of the bugs listed by Goole got a truly dangerous rating of "Critical", but one of them, dubbed CVE-2022-0609, was nevertheless accompanied by the admittedly rather vague words: "Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2022-0609 exists in the wild."

Google has released Chrome 99.0.4844.84 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a high-severity zero-day bug exploited in the wild. This update was available immediately when BleepingComputer checked for new updates by going into Chrome menu > Help > About Google Chrome.

North Korean threat actors exploited a remote code execution zero-day vulnerability in Google's Chrome web browser weeks before the bug was discovered and patched, according to researchers. Google TAG now revealed it believes two threat groups-the activity of which has been publicly tracked as Operation Dream Job and Operation AppleJeus, respectively-exploited the flaw as early as Jan. 4 in "Campaigns targeting U.S. based organizations spanning news media, IT, cryptocurrency and fintech industries," according to a blog post published Thursday by Google TAG's Adam Weidemann.

Google is testing a new Chrome feature that allows users to add notes on passwords saved in the web browser. The new feature was spotted by a Reddit user on Google Chrome Canary, which is an experimental future version three releases away from the stable branch, currently at version 98.

Google has released Chrome 98.0.4758.102 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, to fix a high-severity zero-day vulnerability used by threat actors in attacks. It is possible to install the update immediately simply by going into the Chrome menu > Help > About Google Chrome.

Google has rolled out fixes for five security vulnerabilities in its Chrome web browser, including one which it says is being exploited in the wild, making it the 17th such weakness to be disclosed since the start of the year. An anonymous researcher has been credited with discovering and reporting the flaw.

Microsoft Edge is now displaying in-browser alerts that discourage users from downloading Google Chrome by bashing the popular browser. A few weeks later, Google began telling Microsoft Edge users to switch to Chrome to use browser extensions more securely.

Google Chrome 96 was released yesterday, and users are reporting problems with Twitter, Discord, and Instagram caused by the new version. After upgrading to Chrome 96, users report errors in their Twitter notifications, with the website warning that "Something went wrong. Try reloading," as shown below.