Google Issues Warning For 2 Billion Chrome Users

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’ hacks as well. UAF vulnerabilities are memory exploits created when a program fails to clear the pointer to the memory after it is freed. . V8 is an open-source JavaScript engine which is used by Google Chrome and Chromium-based web browsers like Microsoft Edge, Opera, Amazon Silk, Brave, Yandex and Vivaldi. In response to these new threats, Google has released a major new update for Chrome, version 96.0.4664.45.

Remember: after updating, you must restart your browser to be protected. This step is often overlooked. It is to Google’s credit that fixes for high level attacks are consistently released within days of their discovery, but they are only effective if billions of users subsequently restart their browsers. For anyone hesitant to update, the carrot is Chrome 96 also adds “back forward cache” which accelerates page loading times by storing a version of your most recently visited page in memory.

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