Millions of Google Chrome users at massive risk: Update your browser now to stay safe, follow these steps

Google has sent an important warning to millions of its users about a new security bug that has reportedly affected the hugely popular Chrome browser. The tech giant revealed in its official blog post about the high, medium, and low vulnerabilities discovered in Chrome for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

The worst part about the warning is that it is the most dangerous zero-day threat and hackers are already aware of this flaw. Hackers have reportedly taken advantage of this to activate people’s computers and steal personal data and other crucial information.

Google has warned users to immediately update their Google Chrome to the newer version. This recommendation is for all Google Chrome, Windows 10, and Mac users.

The tech giant recently updated the stable channel for desktop and released the extended stable channel 94.0.4606.71 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Google states that the new update will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

High security risks are

CVE-2021-37974: Use after free in Safe Browsing.
CVE-2021-37975: Use after free in V8.
CVE-2021-37976: Information leak in the core.

Check if your Google Chrome browser is secure

Go to Settings
Click on Help
Go to About Google Chrome
Google Chrome versions 94.0.4606.71 or higher are protected
If you don’t have this version, you can’t do anything. You will either need to wait or shut down the machine

Google has discovered an exploit named — CVE-2021-37975 and CVE-2021-37976. These threats allow hackers to easily access any of your personal data. It should be noted that Google earlier discovered an exploit CVE-2021-37973 in its Chrome browser.

The tech giant has revealed several threats that are under ‘Use-After-Free’ vulnerabilities. Use After Free or UAF is a popular error of not clearing the memory after it is free. It leads a program to crash, and hackers can use this to attack your Chrome.

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