Google Shares Spectre PoC Targeting Browser JavaScript Engines Google has published JavaScript proof-of-concept (PoC) code to demonstrate the practicality of using Spectre exploits targeting web browsers to access information from a browser’s memory. According to the Google Security Team, the PoC shared today works across a wide range of processor Read more…
Google Chrome Now Gobbles Up 20% Less Memory On Windows Google says that the latest Google Chrome version comes with major memory savings on Windows systems and improves energy consumption and overall responsiveness. Google Chrome 89, which rolled out earlier this week, comes with significant Windows memory management improvements, with the Read more…
Google Chrome To Block Port 554 To Stop NAT Slipstreaming Attacks Google Chrome will block the browser’s access to TCP port 554 to protect against attacks using the NAT Slipstreaming 2.0 vulnerability. Last year, security researchers disclosed a new version of the NAT Slipstreaming vulnerability that allows malicious scripts to bypass a website visitor’s NAT Read more…
How To Use Google’s ‘Chrome Labs’ To Test New Browser Features Google has added a new feature to Google Chrome Canary that makes it easier for users to test new hidden features under development. When Google creates a new browser feature, it is first tested in Google Chrome Canary and Read more…
Chrome Extension Turns On YouTube Captions When Eating Noisy Chips A new AI-powered Google Chrome extension will automatically turn on YouTube extensions if it detects you are eating noisy chips. I doubt few people have not experienced hearing a movie, TV show, or video while someone next to you is Read more…
Google Fixes Second Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day Bug This Year Google has fixed an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome 89.0.4389.72 version released today, March 2nd, 2021, to the Stable desktop channel for Windows, Mac, and Linux users. “Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2021-21166 exists in the wild,” the Read more…
What Are These Suspicious Google GVT1.com URLs? Certain Google-owned domains have caused Chrome users, from even the most skilled researchers to regular users, to question whether they are malicious. The domains I am referring to are redirector.gvt1.com and gvt1/gvt2 subdomains that have spun many questions on the internet. After receiving multiple concerned questions over Read more…
Recent Google Voice Outage Caused By Expired Certificates In an incident report published on Friday, Google said that a Google Voice outage affecting a majority of the telephone service’s users earlier this month was caused by expired TLS certificates. This worldwide outage prevented most Google Voice users from logging into their accounts Read more…
Google Shares PoC Exploit For Critical Windows 10 Graphics RCE Bug Project Zero, Google’s 0day bug-hunting team, shared technical details and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a critical remote code execution (RCE) bug affecting a Windows graphics component. The Project Zero researchers discovered the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-24093, in a high-quality Read more…
Malicious Firefox Extension Allowed Hackers To Hijack Gmail Accounts Several Tibetan organizations were targeted in a cyber-espionage campaign by a state-backed hacking group using a malicious Firefox extension designed to hijack Gmail accounts and infect victims with malware. The attacks coordinated by the TA413 Chinese-linked APT group started in January and continued throughout February, Read more…
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