Google Just Made Its Chrome Browser More Secure By Cutting Patch Gap In Half – On July 14, 2020, Google released Chrome 84 Stable, the latest version of the stable branch of Google Chrome. The new version is primarily a security update, but it also introduces other changes and improvements to the browser, such as well.
Google plans to roll out the update in the coming days and weeks; users using Chrome should update early to fix security vulnerabilities in earlier versions of the browser.
Google Just Made Its Chrome Browser More Secure By Cutting Patch Gap In Half
On a desktop computer, users can manually check for updates by selecting Menu > Help > About Google Chrome. The new version should then be downloaded and installed automatically. Chrome must be restarted to complete the update to the new version.
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As usual, Google’s announcement on the official Chrome Releases blog is vague when it comes to changes to the browser.
The company notes that the update includes 38 security fixes, and at least one of them fixes a critical vulnerability in previous versions of the browser (heap buffer overflow during background fetch, CVE-2020-6510).
Google continues to gradually roll out the SameSite cookie changes, which Google initially started in Chrome 80 but suspended shortly thereafter.
SameSite restricts access to cookies in the browser to internal access by default. Web developers are given controls to change it, but unless they specifically do so, cookies will no longer be available in third-party contexts after the change is made.
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Google Chrome 84 will be the first version of Chrome to silence notifications from websites that have abusive permission requests or use abusive notifications.
Google retired TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in Chrome 84 and intends to remove support in a future version. Currently, both protocols are still supported.
Chrome 84 will display warnings to users if a download is initiated from an insecure environment. Google Chrome has displayed warnings in the console since Chrome version 81. The company plans to block unsafe downloads on the desktop in Chrome 88 and a later release on Android.
On July 14, 2020, Google released Chrome 84 Stable, the latest version of the stable branch of Google Chrome.
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Martin Brinkmann is a German journalist who founded Technology News in 2005. He is passionate about technology and knows the internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can follow Martin on Facebook or Twitter and read his weekly tech newsletter at Substack
Is a technology news blog founded in 2005 by Martin Brinkmann. Since then, it has become one of the most popular technology news sites on the Internet with five authors and regular contributions from freelance writers. Google today released Chrome 105 to the Stable channel for Linux, Mac, and Windows. The new version of Chrome fixes 24 different security issues in the browser, including one critical and eight high-level vulnerabilities.
Updates are also available for the Chrome Extended Stable channel and Chrome Stable for Android. As always, updates will appear automatically on most devices that have Chrome installed.
Chrome users who want to speed up the update process can load chrome://settings/help into their browser’s address bar to manually check for updates; this only works on desktop systems, not Android.
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Google Chrome should pick up the new version and install it at this point. The page also displays the current version.
Chrome 105 is another update that makes most of the changes behind the scenes. This is primarily a security update. Google notes on the official Chrome Releases blog that the update addresses 24 different security issues.
One problem is classified as critical, the highest rating. Google makes no mention of exploits in the wild, which somewhat lessens the urgency of upgrading to a new version.
Chrome’s Platform Status website lists 25 features for stable version 105. While this sounds exciting, most introduce new API capabilities or modify the browser behind the scenes. In fact, if you’re not a developer, you might not encounter any visible changes or new features at all.
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Google highlights developer changes on its developer blog. The company notes that developers can now use the new Sanitizer API to “help reduce cross-site scripting vulnerabilities,” container queries, and has taken additional steps to deprecate WebSQL.
In summary, if you have Chrome installed, you should update your browser to the new version as soon as possible to protect against attacks that exploit recently patched security holes.
Chrome 105 fixes 24 different security issues in the browser, including one critical and eight high-level vulnerabilities.
Martin Brinkmann is a German journalist who founded Technology News in 2005. He is passionate about technology and knows the internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can follow Martin on Facebook or Twitter and read his weekly tech newsletter at Substack
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