Chrome Needs an Immediate Update

As the world’s biggest browser with over 3 billion users, it’s no surprise attackers are targeting Google Chrome. Browser-based attacks are particularly worrying because they can potentially be chained together with other vulnerabilities and used to take over your device. It has been a particularly busy month for the team behind Google’s Chrome browser, which has seen several security updates within weeks of each other. The latest, pushed out in mid-April, fixes two issues including a high-severity zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2022-1364, which is already being used by attackers.

Google announced the update in a blog post on Tuesday, April 26. This new version of Chrome is 101.0.4951.41, and is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The update patches 30 security vulnerabilities, including seven rated as “high.” Five of those vulnerabilities (plus an additional six rated “medium”) are “Use after free” flaws, which, thanks to a memory relocation issue, can allow hackers to pass arbitrary code to a program. How to update Google Chrome: Your browser might update automatically, but since Google is still rolling out this update, you’ll want to trigger it manually for the fastest results. To do so, click the three dots in the top-right corner of your browser window, then navigate to Help > About Google Chrome. Allow Chrome to look for a new update, then, when it’s available, click “Relaunch.” When Chrome opens up again, you will be running the latest version.



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