Google has issued an emergency update to all Chrome users, here's what you need to know:
) exploit and UAF attacks continue to be far and away the most prevalent and successful form of Chrome hack. Not only do UAF exploits make up five of the eight hacks listed here, it brings the total number of successful Chrome UAF attacks to 26 since the start of the year. On the flipside, this is the first successful Chrome Zero Day hack in 2022 which is impressive.
UAF vulnerabilities are memory exploits created when a program fails to clear the pointer to the memory after it is freed. attacks, responsible for another of the successful attacks Chrome has reported above. Also known as ‘Heap Smashing’, memory on the heap is dynamically allocated and typically contains program data. With an overflow, critical data structures can be overwritten which makes it an ideal target for hackers. In response to these hacks, Google has announced Chrome 98.0.4758.102.
And remember: after updating Chrome must be restarted for the fixes to take effect. Chrome is now used by worldwide on desktop and mobile, making it arguably the number one target for hackers. Those who forget to restart become easy targets.
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