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A new Google Chrome zero-day vulnerability, which is being actively exploited in the wild, has been detected. Clement Lecigne, a security researcher who is part of Google’s Threat Analysis Group, has found and reported this high severity vulnerability in Google Chrome late last month. This zero-day vulnerability could reportedly allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary […]
Google knows that netizens don’t leave any chance of trolling when it comes to Chrome. Yes, the browser is fast but for that, it gobbles down a lot of RAM on your PC. That’s why the company is constantly figuring out ways to improve the performance of Chrome browser. For example, we recently saw Google […]
Chrome is working on an exciting feature which will allow you to create a link to a word or phrase on a webpage and share it with your friends. Named as Scroll to Text, this feature will be useful if you want someone to start reading a webpage from a particular word or phrase. This […]
Google is reportedly working on a Reading Mode for its Chrome browser for desktop. It would be another feature after Dark mode and Tab card Previews that Google has recently copied from browsers like Microsoft Edge and Vivaldi. In a bug report published on Chromium.org, Reading Mode was mentioned that would work on different platforms like macOS, Linux, and […]
Turning on the “Do Not Track” option in Google Chrome is like putting up a signboard at your home saying “Please, don’t look into my house” and keeping your windows open at the same time, says DuckDuckGo’s blog post. The privacy-focused browser has bashed Google for its “Do Not Track” settings. When you toggle on the […]
Google has unveiled two new tools today to help you tighten your password security — a Chrome extension called Password Checkup and a feature called Cross Account Protection. Password Checkup Password Checkup extension can automatically identify if your password was exposed in a third-party data breach and alert you. On installing this Chrome extension, any login details you use will be […]
Internet speeds vary all over the world. While developed countries like the United States and the UK are on the cusp of 5G with blazing speeds, users of some countries still experience slow internet speeds. This causes web pages to load slowly, and Google Chrome wants to address this issue with a new “Never Slow” mode. A code […]
Back at Chrome Dev Summit in 2017, Google announced a fascinating concept for Chrome for Android known as Trusted Web Activities. It is, essentially, a way to launch full-screen web content from a native app, but using the user’s preferred browser. Now, the API is finally live with latest Chrome 72 version. With the Trusted Web Activity […]
Often, we misspell a website’s name in the Google Chrome Omnibox and end up on some weird-looking webpages. And many times, these sting sites are bundled with pop-up ads or hold phishing web pages. But with Google Chrome, it will all be over soon. As first spotted by ZDNet, Google is set to instill a […]
A new feature is coming to Google Chrome that will automatically block drive-by-downloads and could enhance the security of users. Drive-by downloads originate from website iFrames and happen when a browser downloads a file without the user requesting it. It is a notorious technique adopted by bad actors to load malware payloads on target machines […]
Recently, we witnessed how Google is moving forward with the idea of Dark Mode in the Chrome browser. As it happens to be, you can already turn on the Dark theme on Google Chrome right now. Since the feature is long overdue, Google developers created a command flag through which other developers get an early hands-on of […]
In recent months, we have noticed that Google is very much obsessed with the Dark theme. Apart from the dark mode in the Android Pie launcher, Google is gradually adding the support to all its Google apps. Along the similar lines, we will soon be seeing a dark mode option in Google Chrome for Windows 10 as […]
Google Chrome is already known for slowing down computers, ultimately leading to 100% disk usage. On top of that, we now have a new bug that can actually freeze our Windows 10 PC. The newly discovered tech support scam causes Google Chrome to use 100% disk in an instant. The bug uses a JavaScript code […]
A hacking group, suspected to be from North Korea, uses a Google Chrome extension to target victims in the academic sector. ZDNet reports, “In what appears to be a first on the cyber-espionage scene, a nation-state-backed hacking group has used a Google Chrome extension to infect victims and steal passwords and cookies from their browsers.” […]
Many of you may not know that Google Chrome has its own cleanup tool for finding and removing malware. The tool is useful against unwanted programs, adware and fake system optimizers that slip through the browser into your PC. According to a Chrome source code commit, it will now include the ability to remove chrome extensions that […]
Hundreds of thousands of dangerous websites are out there on the Internet, waiting for you to trigger malware once you open them. Therefore, Google Chrome presents an interstitial warning for the websites that, it feels, are unsafe for the user. Most of the Google Chrome users have encountered an interstitial warning page on their system. If you don’t […]
Google Chrome dominates the browser market worldwide with a massive 60% share, leaving the rest to other web browsers. To be honest, Chrome provides a really good web browsing experience with a seamless functioning across multiple devices. However, we all know that such a smooth experience comes at a cost — our personal data. We […]
Google brought in a bunch of new features in the new Chrome 69 version. While many of them were much appreciated, some didn’t go well with the users. Apparently, there is another less advertised tweak that people are not happy about. Google has introduced an auto-login mechanism from Chrome 69. First covered by ZDNet, whenever a […]
Certificate Authentication is a serious business; it is a business entity that keeps the trust-based digital certificate system secure. The very foundation of the encryption standard in the web we have today. One wrong move and the certificate authority loses the business and exits the digital certificate market, no exemptions. Following the demise of the […]
Ron Masas, a security researcher, working with Imperva, has recently flagged a vulnerability in Google Chrome that leveraged audio and video tags for launching the attack. In an article published by Masas, the root cause of the vulnerability is said to be Chrome’s rendering engine Blink, which is responsible for the behavior of audio and […]
Google Chrome is definitely one of the most popular web browsers being used today—but could it also be one of the riskiest? Hackers, as we know, are perpetually after whatever gets popular in the world of the internet. This because whatever is popular would help them target more people and steal more data. Thus, Google […]