Posted on Tuesday, November 03 2020 @ 11:29 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Google Chrome users better install the latest 86.0.4240.183 version quick as the search giant
plugged a dangerous vulnerability (CVE-2020-16009) in its V8 JavaScript engine. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and is the second zero-day in two weeks.
In typical Google fashion, details about the zero-day and the group exploiting the bug have not been made public — as a way to allow Chrome users more time to install the updates and prevent other threat actors from developing their own exploits for the same zero-day.
In total, the Chrome update fixes ten security vulnerabilities.
