Why You Should Force Update Google Chrome Now: New 0Day Threat Confirmed
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An urgent update has started rolling out across all platforms, and Google is withholding the technical details of the zero-day until a majority of Chrome users have updated. An urgent update has started rolling out across all platforms, and Google is withholding the technical details of the zero-day until a majority of Chrome users have
In a posting to the official Chrome releases blog, Google states that users of Chrome on the Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms as well as Android, are impacted by the high-severity CVE-2022-4262 0day security vulnerability. MORE FROM FORBES This Zero-Day Twitter Hack Has Already Impacted 5.5 Million Users: ReportWhy you must force update Google Chrome nowAlthough Google Chrome has an automated update process, which means that once the security patch reaches your device it gets installed automatically, it only becomes effective once the browser itself restarts. Confirming that it is aware of an exploit for this threat existing in the wild, Google has only described CVE-2022-4262 as a 'type confusion, vulnerability within the V8 JavaScript engine.
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