Google plans to remove online certificate revocation checks from future versions of Chrome, because it considers the process inefficient and slow. Browsers currently check if a website’s SSL certificate has been revoked by its issuing Certificate Authority (CA) when trying to establish an HTTPS connection. These checks are done by…
Google ships Chrome 17, touts more malware alerts and page pre-loads
Google today patched 20 vulnerabilities in the desktop edition of Chrome and added new anti-malware download warnings to version 17. The company called out a pair of new features in Chrome 17, including the expansion of anti-malware download warnings and pre-rendering of pages suggested by the address/search bar’s auto-complete function….
(1) MEDIUM: Google Chrome Stable Channel Updates
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Google patches 4 serious Chrome bugs, ups bounty payments
Google has patched four vulnerabilities in Chrome, and disclosed that it had patched a fifth two weeks ago. The refresh of Chrome 16 was the second security-related update for the browser this month. One of the five bugs Google said had been quashed was actually a leftover from the 9…
Chrome 17 beta boosts malware defenses and learns a new speed trick
In recent times all the major web browsers have made serious leaps in terms of speed thanks to improvements in HTML parsing, JavaScript engines, and the arrival of hardware accelerated rendering. As differences in performance become less apparent, it’s becoming more and more important for companies like Google and Microsoft…
Google Chrome finally gets malware download protection
Nine months after first being put into testing, the forthcoming version of Chrome will at last included filtering against inadvertently downloading malware executables, Google has announced. As reported as being on the browser’s long list as long ago as April 2011, the version 17 beta includes the ability to relate…
Google pays out $6,000 in bounties in Chrome 16 update
Google has patched 15 vulnerabilities in Chrome, paying $6,000 in bounties to bug hunters who reported some of them, and updated the browser to version 16. The one new feature in the upgrade that Google called out was multi-user synchronisation of bookmarks, passwords and apps. Google last refreshed Chrome on…
Google’s Chrome 16 Patches 15 Security Flaws
The newest version of the browser addresses six high-risk, seven medium-risk, and two low-risk vulnerabilities. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
(1) HIGH: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilitise
Category: Widely Deployed Software Affected: Google Chrome prior to 15.0.874.102 View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security
Google Chrome avoids Microsoft malware designation
Google updated Chrome over the weekend to help users affected by Microsoft’s errant flagging of the browser as malware. New versions of Chrome for both the “stable” and “beta” channels were released Saturday, the day after Microsoft’s antivirus products identified Chrome as the Zeus botnet Trojan, and deleted the “chrome.exe”…
