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Updating Google Chrome will avoid being vulnerable to these security flaws

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You may want to update Google Chrome as soon as possible, as Google has detected some vulnerabilities in the web browser. Google has just released nine complete upgrades, including all Chrome desktop applications across all operating systems, with Chrome version 92.0.4515.159. The fix was provided by activists and external investigators.

Access to real security information is currently limited by Google, and TechRadar says this is because cybercriminals do not exploit it. However, there are links to all nine risks. Among the topics they discuss are “type confusion in V8,” “use after free in printing,” “use after free in Extensions API,” “use after free in WebRTC,” “race in WebAudio,”  and “use after free in ANGLE.

Google will provide more information once “a majority of users are updated with a fix.”

If you are not the type of technology, then you should know that all of these vulnerabilities include the main areas of the web browser. The V8 is the backbone of the Javascript engine in a web browser, while WebRTC has many connections to video and audio data transfers.

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Updating Chrome to avoid being vulnerable to these security errors is very easy. Normally, the browser automatically updates, but you can manually update if you do not get the latest version.

To do so, simply click on the three dots at the top right of your screen and select Help followed by About Google Chrome. After that, you should see a notification that the update is downloading, and you will be notified to restart the web browser.

It is not uncommon for Google to issue Chrome updates to mark security issues like these. Google often pays tribute to those who experience difficulties in Chrome and its other products. This is often referred to as “bounty hunting.

It is a common practice for some tech executives such as Apple, Facebook, and even Microsoft to pay hacktivists and white hat hackers for finding these bugs and not using them for malicious purposes.

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