September 18, 2024 at 05:19AM Google is introducing new features in Chrome for enhanced data control and protection. Updates include an improved Safety Check, easier opting out of website notifications, and granting one-time permissions. Safety Check will now automatically run in the background and notify users of security issues and potentially unwanted notifications. Users can … Read more
July 29, 2024 at 09:06AM Google apologized for an incident that affected its password manager for millions of Windows users, coinciding with Windows administrators mitigating the impact of a faulty CrowdStrike update. The issue, limited to Windows users on the M127 version of Chrome, prevented them from accessing saved passwords. The incident underscores the risks … Read more
June 29, 2024 at 11:45AM Google has announced it will block websites using certificates from Entrust in Chrome browser from November 1, 2024 due to compliance and security issues. TLS certificates from Entrust will not be trusted by Chrome versions 127 and higher. Users will see a warning for insecure connections, urging website operators to … Read more
June 18, 2024 at 12:36PM Researchers have uncovered a new speculative execution attack targeting Arm CPUs’ Memory Tagging Extension (MTE), bypassing security measures. The attack, discovered by a team from Seoul National University, Samsung Research, and Georgia Tech, allows exploitation of memory corruption vulnerabilities for various malicious purposes. The researchers demonstrated its success against Chrome … Read more
June 13, 2024 at 09:39AM Privacy campaigner noyb has filed a GDPR complaint against Google’s Privacy Sandbox, claiming that turning on a “Privacy Feature” in Chrome led to unwanted tracking. The Privacy Sandbox API, introduced in 2023 by Google, was meant to replace third-party tracking cookies with browser-based tracking. However, noyb alleges that this results … Read more
May 31, 2024 at 07:20AM Starting June 3, 2024, users of certain Chrome browser builds will be warned about the phase-out of Manifest V2 browser extensions, including ad-blockers. This follows a five-year transition to the more performant and secure Manifest V3. Suggestions for alternative extensions will be made, but concerns persist over the impact on … Read more
March 12, 2024 at 12:52PM Google awarded $10 million to 632 researchers from 68 countries in 2023 for finding and reporting security flaws in its products, a decrease from 2022’s $12 million. The highest reward for a vulnerability report was $113,337, totaling $59 million since 2010. Increased rewards were given for Android and Chrome vulnerabilities. … Read more
December 30, 2023 at 05:54PM Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it tracked users’ internet activities while they used “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser and similar private modes in other browsers. The class-action lawsuit claimed that Google’s advertising technologies continued to gather user data, despite the supposed privacy … Read more
October 22, 2023 at 06:06PM Google is proposing a new “IP Protection” feature for the Chrome browser to enhance users’ privacy by masking their IP addresses. The feature will route third-party traffic through proxies, making the IP addresses invisible to those domains. Initially, it will be an opt-in feature, allowing users to control their privacy. … Read more