Like London buses, another Google Chrome security update is always just around the corner. This one, however, is truly massive and you should act now.
Thankfully, for now at least, none of these are zero-days where attackers are known to already be exploiting the vulnerabilities. However, that doesn't mean that user complacency should be the order of the day. As always, I recommend you kick-start the Chrome 101 security update as soon as possible rather than wait for it to be rolled out to you in the coming days and weeks. And, importantly, ensure that it is properly activated whether you update now or choose to wait.
Update April 29: Because Chrome isn't the only web browser client to employ the Chromium engine under the hood, as it were, users of those browsers should also be on the look out for security updates. I can confirm that at the time of writing my copies of both Brave and Microsoft Edge have now been updated to include the latest Chromium 101.0.4951.41 version as you can see from the screenshots below.
As far as Brave users are concerned, you need to head for the three stripe 'burger' menu and select the 'About Brave' option. Again, this will then force the browser into immediately checking if an update is available and downloading it if that is, indeed, the case. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, don't forget to restart the browser to ensure the patch has been applied and is protecting you.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued a confirmation of the importance of these security updates in an April 28 posting. CISA says that it"encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome release notes and apply the necessary patches" as an attacker could otherwise exploit the vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.Of the 30 vulnerabilities, seven are rated high risk while 14 get a medium rating.
While all the technical detail of the vulnerabilities being patched has yet to be released, we do know that they include the following 25 specific ones, the remaining five coming under the 'various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives' umbrella.
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