Update Chrome right now: Hackers attacked a browser, under threat bank accounts

Cybercriminals can steal personal data, passwords and credit card numbers. Edge, Brave and Opera browsers are also threatened. Google reported that hackers attacked the Chrome browser by introducing zero day vulnerability. The developers hurried to release the update and recommended all users to install it as soon as possible, reports Forbes.

The vulnerability of zero -day is called previously unknown loopholes in the security system, which has not yet been developed by protective mechanisms - it was such Google anonymously on January 11, 2024. Cyberfachivtsi assigned a new threat to a high degree of danger and code name CV-2024-0519. Cve-2024-0519 is a vulnerability of access outside the V8 JavaScript River with an open source code used in browsers operating on the Chromium web platform, which include Chrome, Edge, Brave and Opera.

This driver has long attracted the attention of hackers because they are very vulnerable. Using this vulnerability, hackers can remotely activate the expression (a program that uses vulnerability to the software to attack the computer system-ed. ) When the user visits any harmful sites. And to attract a potential victim to a harmful site, malefactors resort to social engineering methods.

"It is likely that CV-2024-0519 can be used to bypass the randomization of the structure of the address space-a function that serves to prevent the use of vulnerability in memory damage processes," the material reads. Mike Walters, co -founder of Action1, believes that this vulnerability has been actively used since the beginning of 2024.

According to him, he will give hackers the opportunity to access the user's confidential information such as passwords, credit card numbers or other personal data stored in the browser. "The attacker is also able to cause a browser failure that can lead to attacks" refusal to maintain, " - stressed a specialist.

Although Google states that it will be advised to check all the necessary corrections in the coming days and weeks in the coming days and weeks, CHROME users are advised to check the renewal process manually now. Browser updating will also help correct the three other vulnerability of the V8 engine: CHROME versions that have already been corrected: Set the "About program" box in the browser settings, then the update process will start automatically.