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Chrome

Yahoo rushes to fix Axis browser certificate leak in Chrome

Dan Kaplan May 24, 2012

Barely a day old, Yahoo's new Axis browser already is facing its first security issue, after source code for its Chrome add-on contained the private key used to sign it.

Chrome 16 includes 15 vulnerability fixes

Angela Moscaritolo December 14, 2011

Google on Tuesday released Chrome 16, which includes fixes for 15 security vulnerabilities.

Google releases Chrome update to fix high-risk security bug

Angela Moscaritolo November 17, 2011

Google on Wednesday released Chrome 15.0.874.121 to address a high-severity vulnerability affecting the V8 JavaScript engine that could allow for the execution of arbitrary code.

Bug may enable remote code execution in Chrome

Angela Moscaritolo October 24, 2011

Google Chrome suffers from a security flaw that could allow an attacker to silently execute remote code on a target machine, but the tech giant doesn't view the issue as much of a threat.

Google patches Chrome holes, pays $10,000

Darren Pauli, SC Australia/New Zealand edition October 05, 2011

Google this week fixed seven vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser, and paid $10,000 to researchers who reported them. Researcher Sergey Glazunov scored $8,000 for reporting five Chrome bugs, including $4,500 for three use after free bugs in v8 bindings. Glazunov has dominated Google's Chromium security hall of fame, which pays researchers for reporting bugs in the Chrome browser.

Black Hat: Chrome OS extension vulnerabilities can impact users of any website

Dan Kaplan August 03, 2011

Two researchers have found a way to take traditional cross-site scripting attacks to a whole new level by attacking vulnerable Google Chrome extensions.