Critical Security Hole on Google Chrome for Mac is Fixed With Latest Update
Posted: March 29, 2022
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The attacks on Google Chrome users continue to expand. While Windows has been the primary target, now there's a new danger for MAC users too. While most individuals keep their Google Chrome updated, there are some who don't. Sometimes they just forget, or they don't want to deal with the changes the update contains. However, this latest update is an important one that every Mac user should install.
Roman Loyola, Senior Editor for
Macworld, explains why it is important to install the latest version of Google Chrome on your Mac.
A vital update for its
Chrome web browser for the Mac is now available, and it’s an update you should install as soon as possible.
According to the
Google Chrome Releases blog, the update fixes a security hole that Google was alerted to on March 23. Recorded as
CVE-2022-1096 in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system, a hole was found in Chrome’s JavaScript engine that could be exploited by a malicious actor. While Google’s policy is to restrict the details of the bug until the update is installed by a majority of its users, researchers reported that an exploit taking advantage of this vulnerability “exists in the wild.”
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Latest Google Chrome for Mac update fixes a critical security hole, on
Macworld.