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Google Chrome To Block JavaScript Redirects On Web Page URL Clicks Google Chrome is getting a new feature that increases security when clicking on web page links that open URLs in a new window or tab. When inserting links into an HTML page, authors can include the target=”_blank” attribute that tells the Read more…

Google Patches One More Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-day Google today released Chrome 86.0.4240.183 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address 10 security vulnerabilities including a remote code execution (RCE) zero-day exploited in the wild. The zero-day was reported by Clement Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group and Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero on Read more…

NetMarketShare Ends Browser War Reports Due To Google Chrome Changes NetMarketShare announced on Sunday plans to shut down its public browser share reporting tool, which has been available for more than 14 years. Net Applications, the owners of NetMarketShare, is widely known for being a provider of usage share statistics for web Read more…

Google Chrome Now Blocks Site Notifications With Abusive Content Starting with Chrome 86, Google is automatically hiding website notification spam on sites showing a pattern of sending abusive notification content to visitors. The “quiet notification permission UI” used to hide the web alert spam from users was introduced in Chrome 80 and improved Read more…

New Google Chrome Version Fixes Actively Exploited Zero-Day Bug Google has released Chrome 86.0.4240.111 today, October 20th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel to address five security vulnerabilities, one of them an actively exploited zero-day bug. “Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2020-15999 exists in the wild,” the Google Chrome 86.0.4240.111 announcement reads. Read more…

The US Government Sues Google For Alleged Anticompetitive Abuses In Search Washington(CNN Business) – The Trump administration on Tuesday sued Google in what is the largest antitrust case against a tech company in more than two decades. In its complaint, the Justice Department makes sweeping allegations that Google (GOOG) has stifled competition to Read more…

Google Chrome And Edge Are Creating Random Debug.log Log Files A bug in the latest release of Chrome, and other Chromium-based browsers, is causing random debug.log files to be created on user’s desktops and other folders. On October 6th, 2020, Google released Chrome 86 to the ‘Stable’ branch, and all users Read more…

Google Warned Users Of 33,000 State-Sponsored Attacks in 2020 Google delivered over 33,000 alerts to its users during the first three quarters of 2020 to warn them of state-sponsored phishing attacks targeting their accounts. “In these cases, we also shared our findings with the campaigns and the Federal Bureau of Read more…

Google Is Pushing Zoom Out Of Gmail By Default Starting Today Google is pushing its Zoom competitor, Google Meet, on as default in Gmail calendar invites November 16th, but notifying users that they can make this feature live now. November 16th the switch is flicked for them. The new setting Read more…

Google Boosts Malware Protection For High-risk Accounts Google has added improved malware protection for all Google Chrome users who are also enrolled in the company’s Advanced Protection Program (APP). Google’s Advanced Protection Program is a free service that aims to protect the accounts of users including but not limited to activists, journalists, business leaders, Read more…