New Chrome zero-day actively exploited, patch quickly! (CVE-2024-7971)

A new Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-7971) exploited by attackers in the wild has been fixed by Google. About CVE-2024-7971 CVE-2024-7971 is a high-severity vulnerability caused by a type confusion weakness in V8, the open-source JavaScript an… Continue reading New Chrome zero-day actively exploited, patch quickly! (CVE-2024-7971)

Google Can’t Defend Shady Chrome Data Hoarding As ‘Browser Agnostic,’ Court Says

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Chrome users who declined to sync their Google accounts with their browsing data secured a big privacy win this week after previously losing a proposed class action claiming that Google secretly co… Continue reading Google Can’t Defend Shady Chrome Data Hoarding As ‘Browser Agnostic,’ Court Says

Chrome, Edge users beset by malicious extensions that can’t be easily removed

A widespread campaign featuring a malicious installer that saddles users with difficult-to-remove malicious Chrome and Edge browser extensions has been spotted by researchers. “The trojan malware contains different deliverables ranging from simpl… Continue reading Chrome, Edge users beset by malicious extensions that can’t be easily removed

Searched and found a video on a streaming website. When I went to my YouTube tab, there was a link to the same film!

Chrome Version 127.0.6533.100 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Windows 10
I searched and found a video on a streaming website. I switched tabs to YouTube: there was a link to the same video.
Is this a coincidence or does Chrome send information f… Continue reading Searched and found a video on a streaming website. When I went to my YouTube tab, there was a link to the same film!

Searched and found a video on a streaming website. When I went to my YouTube tab, there was a link to the same film!

Chrome Version 127.0.6533.100 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Windows 10
I searched and found a video on a streaming website. I switched tabs to YouTube: there was a link to the same video.
Is this a coincidence or does Chrome send information f… Continue reading Searched and found a video on a streaming website. When I went to my YouTube tab, there was a link to the same film!