Google Chrome to Mask User IP Addresses to Protect Privacy

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The feature is called IP Protection, and it’s important to note that it is not a VPN. A VPN encrypts all of a user’s traffic, while IP Protection only masks their IP address.
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Enterprise Browser Startup Island Banks $100M in Funding

Since 2020, Island has raised a total of $325 million to help protect corporate data flowing through SaaS and internal web applications.
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Fantom Foundation Suffers Wallet Hack Via Google Chrome 0-Day Flaw

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The Fantom Foundation has acknowledged the breach and is currently conducting an investigation after hackers managed to steal more than $550,000 in cryptocurrency.
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How does Google Chrome’s "Warn you if passwords are exposed in a data breach" feature work?

This feature is enabled by default. It says the usernames and passwords would be encrypted before sending to google. But google would know the encryption keys it used and to compare it with leaked username/password combinations the google … Continue reading How does Google Chrome’s "Warn you if passwords are exposed in a data breach" feature work?

How to make Chrome on Ubuntu ask to unlock the keyring on every form autofill? [migrated]

Using Chrome 118.0.5993.70 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Currently it doesn’t ask me for a password or biometric identification at all (I might have disabled the unlock keyring popup on startup a while ago).
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Exploit writers invited to probe Chrome’s V8 engine, Google Cloud’s KVM

Google is asking bug hunters and exploit writers to develop 0-day and n-day exploits in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine and Google Cloud’s Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). “We want to learn from the security community to understand h… Continue reading Exploit writers invited to probe Chrome’s V8 engine, Google Cloud’s KVM

October 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Operating system updates and zero-days aplenty

September has been a packed month of continuous updates. New operating systems were released from Apple and Microsoft, and several vulnerabilities exploited in web services resulted in a domino effect of zero-day releases for many vendors. If you haven… Continue reading October 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Operating system updates and zero-days aplenty