Google Chrome users urged to update after multiple high-risk bugs exposed
Google has urgently warned Chrome users to update their browser after developers identified eight high-risk bugs that cyber criminals could exploit.
In a recent update Google said users on older iterations of the platform were at risk of hacks.
Google said they will not publish details about the bugs until enough users have updated the platform as it risks alerting scammers about the security weaknesses.
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Google have warned users of its Chrome web browser to update the platform. Getty
One of the bugs is believed to allow access to users' lists of saved passwords, while another involved "out of bounds memory access in WebHID".
The bugs were identified by several teams of experts, including researchers at Google's Project Zero, Seoul National University and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre.
"We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel," the company wrote.
The latest update is being rolled out as version 111.0.5563.110/.111 for Windows and 111.0.5563.110 for Mac.
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The company said it will not make specific details of the bugs known, should cyber criminals try and exploit them. Getty Images/Cultura RF
It comes after Latitude Finance Services revealed their cyberattack was much larger than originally thought.
The forensic review is ongoing, but 7.9 million Australian and New Zealand driver's licence numbers have been identified as stolen.
Additionally, a further 6.1 million customer records including some but not all of the customer's names, addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth were stolen in the attack.
Of those records, 97 per cent came from before 2013, dating back to 2005.
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