18 years! A security flaw in Firefox and Chrome – called 0.0.0.0 Day – which was disclosed 18 years ago is being actively exploited today. It compromises the security in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari. The only good news is that it only works on MacOS and Linux …
More patching – this time Google
Zero-day software vulnerabilities are an issue for every vendor – how quick they react to them when they eventually find out they have a problem will be a key part of the risk in your cyber security planning. Google seems to get on this issue really quickly – as far …
White Hat Hackers
Here is some cyber security good news. Bugs in software found by the researchers before threat actors could exploit them: Google paid $10 million in bug bounty rewards last year (bleepingcomputer.com) Software is complicated and bug bounties paid by vendors is a good incentive for people to help them spot …
Chrome gets updates
Google is always on the lookout for security issues Google Chrome and Chromium – many other browsers are based on this technology including Microsoft Edge so it is a rich target for threat actors if they can find a flaw to exploit. When those patches are issued you or your …
How important are patches and updates?
Very. Regular vendor updates to patch software flaws that could be or are being exploited by threat actors – such as Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday – are essential to everyone’s cyber security. Google is going to issue updates for its Chrome browser weekly. Google to fight hackers with weekly Chrome security …
