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[Security] Google Chrome Release Fixes Severe Security Hole

Google released a new version of its browser Chrome which fixes a major security hole. 

The security problem, reported April 8 by Roi Saltzman of the IBM Rational Application Security Research Group, allowed cross-site scripting attacks. Such methods can make a Web browser process unauthorized code such as JavaScript, enabling a variety of attacks, including impersonation or phishing.

As per the Google Chrome Blog, 

If a user has Google Chrome installed, visiting an attacker-controlled web page in Internet Explorer could have caused Google Chrome to launch, open multiple tabs, and load scripts that run after navigating to a URL of the attacker’s choice. Such an attack only works if Chrome is not already running.

In order to update Google Chrome, navigate to the Settings menu ( with a screw drive icon and click on About Google Chrome. Chrome will ask you to install updates if it finds one. Restart Google Chrome once the updates are installed.

Via CNET and Lifehacker

 

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