Govt releases high risk warning for Google Chrome users, says update your system urgently to protect sensitive data

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Indian government's cybersecurity agency, CERT-In, has released a high-risk warning for Google Chrome users due to multiple vulnerabilities in the browser..

The Indian government's cybersecurity agency, CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team), has issued a high-risk warning for Google Chrome users..

In their latest advisory note - CIVN-2024-0085, CERT-In has highlighted multiple vulnerabilities present in Google Chrome versions prior to 122.0.6261.11/2 for both Windows and Mac operating systems..

CERT-In's Vulnerability Note CIVN-2024-0085 details multiple vulnerabilities discovered within the Google Chrome browser..

Once the user accesses this malicious webpage, the vulnerabilities within Chrome can be leveraged by the cyber attackers to carry out various forms of attacks, such as executing arbitrary code or rendering the system inaccessible through a DoS attack..

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