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How to update Chrome on every Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Android, iOS)

In this week's newsletter, Martin emphasizes that awareness, basic cyber hygiene and preparation are essential for everyone, and highlights Talos' discovery of the new PathWiper malware.

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged several popular Google Chrome extensions that have been found to transmit data in HTTP and hard-code secrets in their code, exposing users to privacy and security risks. "Several widely used extensions [...] unintentionally transmit sensitive data over simple HTTP," Yuanjing Guo, a security researcher in the Symantec's Security Technology and Response

### Summary Source code may be stolen when you access a malicious web site with non-Chromium based browser. ### Details The `Origin` header is checked to prevent Cross-site WebSocket hijacking from happening which was reported by CVE-2018-14732. But webpack-dev-server always allows IP address `Origin` headers. https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/blob/55220a800ba4e30dbde2d98785ecf4c80b32f711/lib/Server.js#L3113-L3127 This allows websites that are served on IP addresses to connect WebSocket. By using the same method described in [the article](https://blog.cal1.cn/post/Sniffing%20Codes%20in%20Hot%20Module%20Reloading%20Messages) linked from CVE-2018-14732, the attacker get the source code. related commit: https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/commit/72efaab83381a0e1c4914adf401cbd210b7de7eb (note that `checkHost` function was only used for Host header to prevent DNS rebinding attacks so this change itself is fine. This vulnerability does not affect Chrome 94+ (and othe...

Google has released an important update for Chrome, patching one actively exploited zero-day and two other security flaws

**What is the version information for this release?** Microsoft Edge Version Date Released Based on Chromium Version 137.0.3296.62 6/3/2025 137.0.7151.68/.69

**What is the version information for this release?** Microsoft Edge Version Date Released Based on Chromium Version 137.0.3296.62 6/3/2025 137.0.7151.68/.69

Digital certificates authorized by the authorities will no longer have trust by default in the browser starting in August, over what Google said is a loss of integrity in actions by the respective companies.

Google has revealed that it will no longer trust digital certificates issued by Chunghwa Telecom and Netlock citing "patterns of concerning behavior observed over the past year." The changes are expected to be introduced in Chrome 139, which is scheduled for public release in early August 2025. The current major version is 137.  The update will affect all Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Google on Monday released out-of-band fixes to address three security issues in its Chrome browser, including one that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity flaw is being tracked as CVE-2025-5419, and has been flagged as an out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. "Out of bounds read and write in V8 in Google