It also affected Microsoft Edge users, causing the rival firm to push out a similarly urgent update.

An emergency update was rolled out this week to stop a “high severity” bug from being exploited.

This week’s Google blunder was described as “high severity”. “When this happens, it is a race against time to develop patches and protect end-users whilst they are rolled out.” “A zero-day is a vulnerability that has just been discovered, is known to attackers and is known to be actively being exploited. “The recent update from Google targets what is called a “zero-day”. “Not only does updating your Chrome browser introduce new features, such as privacy & web tracking protection, but they also guard against critical security threats,” said Mike Varley, cyber-expert and Threat Hunting Lead at Adarma, speaking to The Sun. Just this week, Google was forced to rush out an emergency update to stop a “high severity” bug from being exploited.īut if you don’t install updates that squash these bugs, you’ll miss out on key protections. It’s all linked to updates – and if you don’t install them, it’s bad news. Reddit ‘down’ as users report app not loading and 503 pageĬyber experts have warned that not taking care of the Google web browser could put you at risk of major hack attacks. WhatsApp new update is branded a ‘security and privacy nightmare’ Google issues another alert for every Chrome user

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