{"id":22672,"date":"2021-12-16T11:09:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T16:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=22672"},"modified":"2021-12-16T11:09:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T16:09:40","slug":"chrome-has-a-major-vulnerability-you-need-update-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/chrome-has-a-major-vulnerability-you-need-update-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome Has a Major Vulnerability &#8211; You Need to Update Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Chrome Has a Major Vulnerability &#8211; You Need to Update Now<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you use Chrome, you need to update it ASAP. To update Chrome, click on the 3 vertical dots in the top-right corner of Chrome. Then click &#8220;Help&#8221; &gt; &#8220;About Google Chrome&#8221;. If Chrome is not up to date, it will automatically update. You&#8217;ll need to restart (relaunch) Chrome to finish the update.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2022\/chrome-update.png\" alt=\"Update Chrome - Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"590\" height=\"236\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Here are the details from Forbes&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chrome has fallen victim to its sixteenth zero-day attack of the year. Zero-day vulnerabilities are where hackers discover a security flaw before a fix can be released. It is the most dangerous type of hack and Windows, Mac and Linux users are all affected. Google also revealed it has discovered a further four \u2018High\u2019 threat level vulnerabilities. Now Chrome\u2019s massive two billion-strong user base needs to take immediate action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In order to buy Chrome users time, Google is currently restricting information about all the new attacks but it has revealed where its browser is vulnerable and that it rates the latest zero-day hack\u2019s threat level as critically dangerous&#8230; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/gordonkelly\/2021\/12\/14\/google-chrome-upgrade-warning-new-hack-critical-threat-update-chrome-now\/?sh=4b92f0c75db4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">So, if you use Chrome, please update it as soon as you can. We want to keep you safe!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Chrome Has a Major Vulnerability &#8211; You Need to Update Now If you use Chrome, you need to update it ASAP. To update Chrome, click on the 3 vertical dots in the top-right corner of Chrome. Then click &#8220;Help&#8221; &gt; &#8220;About Google Chrome&#8221;. If Chrome is not up to date, it will automatically update. 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