Google has launched a rare emergency security upgrade in response to the confirmed active exploitation of a zero-day security weakness in its Chrome web browser.
Security updates for Chrome are not uncommon, but they are exceedingly rare when they fix a single, actively exploited 0Day vulnerability.
Google Chrome Emergency Security Update
You can be sure it’s time to take a security update seriously and make sure your browser has been safeguarded when one with this much urgency becomes available.
In a post on the Chrome releases blog on June 5, Google acknowledged that the desktop program has been updated to versions 114.0.5735.106 for Mac and Linux and 114.0.5735.110 for Windows.
Google states that each of these will roll out in the following days/weeks.
Only one of the two security patches—CVE-2023-3079—is actually described, despite the notice’s claim that this version contains two.
The other is frequently identified through internal audits and fuzzing, but these are never considered important enough to be disclosed in update postings.
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Empowering User Safety
In the interim, Google Chrome’s integrated Password Manager is receiving new security-improving features, making it easier for users to manage their passwords and defend themselves against threats of account hijacking.
The Chrome Password Manager, a built-in component of Google’s services, can be used to manage and auto-fill login information on the Chrome browser and other Google software products, syncing the login information across all apps used with the same Google Account.
Despite the fact that keeping account credentials in the web browser makes them vulnerable to theft and decryption by information thieves (malware), users who follow good security procedures can benefit from Google Password Manager’s ease with little worry.
In order to increase the security of the data stored in its Password Manager and create barriers that protect users from harm, Google today introduced five new and existing features.
Google Password Manager now has a desktop shortcut, making it simple for users to manage all of their saved account credentials, modify autofill options, and more.
