GOOGLE has warned of five major flaws in Chrome that could expose users of the popular web browser to hackers.
In a blog post on Tuesday, the search giant urged all 2.6billion Chrome users to update their software now in order to protect themselves from attacks.
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Google revealed that five “High” rated vulnerabilities have been found in Chrome as well as 11 other flaws.
They were reported to the US tech titan by independent researchers as part of its bug bounty programme.
The programme rewards “white hat” hackers – those who use their hacking skills for good – for finding potentially dangerous faults in Google software.
As is standard practice for the firm, Google has provided restricted details about the bugs in its blog post.
This is to ensure that hackers can’t uncover them before users have had a chance to update their browsers.
What we do know is that, of the five high rated vulnerabilities found, three involve so-called “Use-After-Free” (UAF) exploits.
UAF exploits take advantage of one of the browser’s programmes failing to clear the pointer to the memory after it is freed.
The other two major flaws are Heap buffer overflow exploits. These capitalise on a programme’s memory overflowing.
To combat the threats, Google has released an update to Chrome that will roll out over the coming days.
Chrome version 95.0.4638.54 patches the exploits are ensures that your browser is protected from potential cyber attacks.
To check if you are covered, head to Settings > Help > About Google Chrome.
If your Chrome version matches version 95.0.4638.54 or higher, you are safe.
It follows confirmation by Google of four serious vulnerabilities less than two weeks ago.
The search giant releases regular updates to Chrome to protect users from emerging cyber threats.
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In other news, Google has announced that the latest major update to its Android operating system is available to download.
Facebook plans to change its company name as part of a rebrand expected to be announced in the coming days.
Your Facebook profile has a hidden feature that can reveal if you’re being targeted by hackers.
And, check out our iPhone 13 review and iPhone 13 Pro review.
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