Google Chrome browser user? BEWARE! Hacking alert issued; know how to protect yourself

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Google has issued an urgent warning for all of the 3.2 billion Google Chrome browser users against multiple new bugs that have surfaced recently. These can be taken advantage of by hackers and they can affect Google Chrome and harm users in a variety of ways. There are 10 confirmed bugs in total and all of them have been labeled as ‘high’ threat level by Google. If you are using Google Chrome, you are at risk, no matter which platform you run it on or the antivirus software you have. But do not worry. Google is already working on a patch to contain any possibility of hacking. In the meantime, what can users do? Read on to find out.

Google Chrome bugs have affected the browser on all major platforms including Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome has now released information about as many as 10 bugs, explaining the threat level and what they can do. However, it has refrained from sharing details about the Google Chrome bugs. In a post, it stated, “ 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”. In essence, Google is trying to keep the users safe by not sharing the string of codes that can be misused by hackers.

While our knowledge of these Google Chrome bugs are limited, we do know their names and what these viruses do as shared by Google in the same post. Check out their modus operandi below. To understand them, do note that the format is as explained. First is the threat level, followed up by the name of the hack or bug, then comes its description and what it does and finally the name of the reportee and the date.

1. High CVE-2022-130