Google Chrome users are being urged to check and update their web browser over several “high” risk security issues that can be exploited by cyber criminals. 7NEWS
Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free onEight high-severity bugs were identified by experts, including researchers from Google’s Project Zero research team, Seoul National University and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre.
Several of the flaws utilise “use after free” vulnerabilities, a type of memory corruption bug that can lead to data corruption and the ability for attackers to run their own malicious commands or codes on the device.Until enough users have updated their browsers, Google is refusing to go into detail on how the vulnerabilities work in a bid to prevent cyber crooks from learning how to take advantage of the flaws.
Users will not have to worry about the issues once they have the update, which is being rolled out as version 111.0.5563.110/.111 for Windows and 111.0.5563.110 for Mac.
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