Chrome

Google Chrome most resilient against attacks, researchers find

September 19, 2017

Researchers have analyzed Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer, and found Chrome to be the most resilient against attacks. “Modern web browsers such as …

Chrome will tag FTP sites as “Not secure”

September 15, 2017

Google Chrome 63, expected to be released sometime around December, will label resources delivered over the FTP protocol as “Not secure”, a member of the Chrome …

Google Chrome remote code execution flaw detailed, PoC released

August 17, 2017

Vulnerability broker Beyond Security has released details about and Proof of Concept code for a remote code execution bug affecting Google Chrome. “The [type confusion] …

Another popular Chrome extension hijacked through phishing

August 3, 2017

Chris Pederick, the creator and maintainer of the Web Developer for Chrome extension, is the latest victim of attackers who hijack popular Chrome add-ons in order to push ads …

Phishers steal Chrome extension from developer

July 31, 2017

An attacker has compromised the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software, and has equipped their Copyfish Chrome extension with ad/spam injection …

Number of HTTPS phishing sites triples

May 19, 2017

When, in January 2017, Mozilla and Google made Firefox and Chrome flag HTTP login pages as insecure, the intent was to make phishing pages easier to recognize, as well as push …

Stealing Windows credentials using Google Chrome

May 15, 2017

Attacks that leak authentication credentials using the SMB file sharing protocol on Windows OS are an ever-present issue, exploited in various ways but usually limited to …

Google to sanction Symantec for misissuing security certificates

March 24, 2017

In a post on a developers’ forum, software engineer on the Google Chrome team Ryan Sleevi has announced Google’s plan to start gradually distrust all existing …

LastPass extensions can be made to cough up passwords, deliver malware

March 22, 2017

LastPass Chrome and Firefox extensions contain flaws that could allow malicious websites to steal victims’ passwords or execute commands on their computer. The flaws …

Chrome users on macOS to see more dangerous site warnings

March 2, 2017

MacOS users who use Chrome to surf the web are likely to see more security warnings in the coming days, as Google’s Safe Browsing service will start flagging sites …

Cyber crooks’ latest tricks for targeting Chrome users

February 22, 2017

Chrome users have lately been targeted with a few unusual malware delivery and scam attempts. The “font wasn’t found” trick The first one comes from compromised WordPress …

Google is winding up Gmail support for older Chrome versions

February 6, 2017

Chrome users that, for whatever reason, can’t or don’t want to update to the latest version of the browser will soon start seeing warnings when they access Gmail. …