On Chrome's official website, Google reported that some devices, such as macOS and Windows, would be vulnerable to a new "zero-day" hack. This is one of the most dangerous forms of attack, as it demonstrates the vulnerability before the company can fix it. So, read more about Google's warning to billions of Chrome users.
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The “zero-day”, or zero-day (CVE-2022-1096), is one of the most dangerous forms of cyber attack that exist. And precisely he was identified as causing the vulnerability of Google users on devices, Windows, macOS and Linux.
According to Microsoft, this hack is capable of affecting its Edge browser, since the vulnerability of this CVE is linked to Chromium Open Source Software. As a result, other Chromium-based browsers including Amazon Silk, Brave, Opera, Samsung Internet (included in their Galaxy smartphones), Vivaldi, and Yandex may experience issues.
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Microsoft claims that the patch version for Edge is 99.0.1150.553, so if your browser shows a lower number, you are still vulnerable. Google is currently limiting vulnerability information to update update timing for Chrome users.
Thus, so far all that the company has revealed is the threat level (“high”), the area of attack and who discovered it. Other companies are following Google's lead and releasing emergency updates.
The latest release notes for Brave confirm that a patched version of Chromium is available for your browser, while the blogs Opera and Vivaldi have not had updates to list their latest version, it's possible they are running the newly secured version more recent.