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Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Update Installs Chrome Browser Extension
Adobe released yesterday Acrobat Reader DC 15.023.20053 that included fixes for 29 security issues. Along with the security fixes, this update package also silently installs the Adobe Acrobat extension into the user's Chrome web browser.
- January 11, 2017
- 05:10 AM
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Google Bans AdNauseam from Chrome, the Ad Blocker That Clicks on All Ads
Google has banned the AdNauseam Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store, an add-on that became very popular with users because it automatically clicked on all ads on a page.
- January 06, 2017
- 07:05 AM
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State of Browser Attacks: Learn from John Hammond, Troy Hunt & Matt Johansen
Join Push Security's free three-part webinar series where top security researchers break down the browser-based attacks driving today's biggest breaches - from AiTM phishing and ConsentFix to compromised credentials and session hijacking.
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2 Million Users Impacted by New Data Collection Policy in Stylish Browser Add-On
Stylish, an add-on for browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Safari, announced this week through the voice of its new owner a new data collection partnership with SimilarWeb, a digital market intelligence company.
- January 04, 2017
- 06:20 AM
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Chrome 56 to Show Warnings on HTTP Pages with Payment and Password Forms
Google Chrome 56, currently in Beta stage, will show a distinctive and visible warning text when users navigate to pages hosted on HTTP that contain sensitive form elements such as fields for password or credit card data input.
- December 09, 2016
- 04:30 PM
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Facebook Spam Campaign Uses Chrome Extension to Spread Nude Celebrity PDFs
Spammers are mass-messaging Facebook users with PDF files claiming to contain nude celebrity pictures, but which lead users to a malicious Chrome extension and overly aggressive advertising sites.
- December 08, 2016
- 05:10 PM
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Chrome 55 Now Blocks Flash, Uses HTML5 by Default
Chrome 55, released earlier this week, now blocks all Adobe Flash content by default, according to a plan set in motion by Google engineers earlier this year.
- December 03, 2016
- 10:43 AM
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Google Chrome 55.0.2883.75 fixes 36 Security Updates with 70K in Bounties
Version 55.0.2883.75 of Google Chrome was released today, which fixes 26 reported vulnerabilities and others discovered internally by Google. Unfortunately, at this time the severity of these vulnerabilities are not known, but based on the bounty rewards, at least 5 of them could be remote execution or XSS vulnerabilities.
- December 01, 2016
- 09:28 PM
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Chrome Users on Fedora Exposed to Drive-By Download Attacks
A combination of poor design choices and insecure software exposes Chrome users on Fedora desktop to drive-by downloads, security researcher Chris Evans has revealed.
- November 18, 2016
- 10:55 AM
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Google to Show Errors for SHA1 Certificates Starting with Chrome 56
The number of HTTPS errors is about to go up as Google announced plans to remove support for SSL/TLS certificates signed with the SHA-1 cryptographic hash algorithm. Google plans to take this step with Chrome 56, scheduled for release at the end of January 2017.
- November 17, 2016
- 09:45 AM
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Google Chrome 54.0.2840.99 update fixes 3 Reported Vulnerabilities
Version 54.0.2840.99 of Google Chrome was released yesterday that fixes for 4 reported vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, at this time the severity of these vulnerabilities is unknown, but based on the bounty reward it is possible that at least 2 of them could possibly lead to remote code execution.
- November 10, 2016
- 11:49 AM
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Google and Mozilla Remove Extension That Was Caught Selling User Data
An investigation by German public broadcaster NDR revealed that MyWOT (WOT, or Web Of Trust) has been selling user data to third-parties without properly anonymizing user information, which in some cases exposed the user's real identity and details about his browsing habits.
- November 07, 2016
- 05:11 PM
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Tests Show Microsoft Edge Is More Secure Than Chrome and Firefox
A series of benchmark tests performed by NSS Labs, a US-based independent network, and security testing organization, reveals that Microsoft Edge detects malware and phishing attacks much better than both Google Chrome and Firefox, despite losing over 40 million of users in the last month.
- November 04, 2016
- 12:09 PM
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Tech Support Scam Leverages Two-Year-Old Chrome Bug to Hang Browsers, Freeze PCs
Tech support scammers have weaponized a Chrome bug that has been reported in July 2014, but which Google engineers have yet to fix. This bug allows the scammers to freeze your browser and potentially Windows.
- November 03, 2016
- 04:04 AM
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Google Chrome 53 Secretly Received a 15% Speed Boost on Windows PCs
Google revealed that Chrome had secretly received a speed boost on Windows since the start of September after its engineers had integrated a technology known as Profile Guided Optimization.
- November 02, 2016
- 12:15 PM
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Google Chrome 53.0.2785.143 m fixes Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Version 53.0.2785.143 m of Google Chrome was released today that fixes for 2 remote code execution vulnerabilities that were submitted to Pwnium. Remote code execution vulnerabilities are considered critical as it could allow attackers and malicious web sites to remotely execute any command they wish on an affected computer.
- September 30, 2016
- 01:51 PM
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Sneaky Tech Support Scammers Invent New Tricks to Fool Google Chrome Users
Tech support scammers have devised a slew of new tricks with which they hope to trick unsuspecting Google Chrome users. Malwarebytes have uncovered a new technique that tech support scammers can use to make it look like the site you are visiting a legitimate one, rather than one under the scammers control.
- August 30, 2016
- 09:51 AM
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Google Chrome 52.0.2743.82 released with 48 Security Fixes
Version 52.0.2743.82 of Google Chrome was released today that contains 48 security fixes. Of those 48 fixes, 17 were highlighted as coming from external sources and being eligible for a bounty for their disclosure.
- July 20, 2016
- 06:10 PM
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Chrome 48 released with Security Fixes and New Features
Google 48 is here and includes 37 security fixes and bunch of new features. These features include the custom notification buttons, the deprecation of the RC4 encryption protocol, and the ability to present to Google cast devices.
- January 21, 2016
- 11:10 AM
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Google Chrome v47.0.2526.106 released to resolve two Security Issues
Google has released version 47.0.2526.106 of Google Chrome today to resolve two Google discovered security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are identified as CVE-2015-6792 and these private security issues from internal audits and fuzzing and are mentioned in issue 569486.
- December 15, 2015
- 04:56 PM
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