Google Chrome Security Update News Today

New year, new Google hacking exploit. The first Chrome zero-day has been confirmed and heres what you need to do right now to protect your data.

Yet another Chrome browser zero-day has been confirmed—apply the update as a matter of urgency as Google says an exploit has been spotted in the wild.

Google confirms a 0-day exploit and security update days after Apple released iOS 16.6.1–Both involve image processing, and were reported by Citizen Lab. Coincidence?

The first of the new weekly Google Chrome security updates has dropped, with one of the vulnerabilities deemed so critical that it earned a $30,000 bounty.

A Google spokesperson stated that the company chooses to put an emphasis on the need to protect Chrome users from the many rampant forms of spam on the internet.

Google has already made some headway on this issue in recent years, quieting the notification prompt from websites that abuse notifications or ask for permission in a misleading way.

Majority of Zero-Day exploits in 2021 are largely contributed by state-sponsored threat actors, some are Russian, North Korean, and Chinese Hackers.

While Google Lens integration has been available on Chrome for desktop for some time, it lacks some of the features seen on iOS and Android. Google Lens on Chrome's desktop has finally received a boost thanks to a recent update that adds more advanced features, such as contextual translations and optical character recognition (OCR).

This week's rundown of the top stories on ITP includes NASA's another failed attempt to fuel the Artemis 1 as well as Microsoft's latest patch.

This week's rundown of top stories here on iTech Post includes examples of secure messaging apps, the supposed Will Smith biopic, and more.