Google’s Chrome 88 Update Patches a Zero-Day Vulnerability in the Browser

Feb. 5, 2021

Google Chrome releases regular updates to bringa ton of nifty featurestoimprove the web-browsing experience. However, sometimes these new updates come with zero-day vulnerability exploits that are a risk to users’ privacy. Thankfully, Google is also quick to fix these vulnerabilities. With its recent Google Chrome 88 update, the company patched a similar zero-day vulnerability that was being exploited by hackers to gain access to users’ system.

“Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed”, Google wrote in the blog post.

Now, it could be difficult to discover which third-party exploits this bug is related to. However, recent reports have mentioned that the bug might have been used by North Korean hackers targeting security researchers usingChromium-based browsersin a recent cyber attack campaign.

So, to keep your machine safe from these kinds of zero-day exploits, we would recommend you update your browser ASAP. You can do so by opening your browser, going into “Settings”, and opening the “About Chrome” tab from the left tab-bar.

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