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Chrome 88 update fixes a zero-day that is actively exploited

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In a note, Google said, “Access to bug details and links may be restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We’ll also keep the restrictions if the bug exists in a third-party library that other projects depend on in the same way, but that hasn’t been fixed yet. As a result, we don’t know what feat this is related to, but ZDNet notes that the timing brings him closer to revelations about a campaign led by North Korean hackers who targeted security researchers, who could have relied on zero-day exploits in Chrome and Internet Explorer.

No matter where or how the bug is exploited, you’ll always want to update your browser (and keep an eye out for fixes for other potentially affected software, like other Chromium-based browsers) right away. As ZDNet and BleepingComputer noted, this sometimes happens. A notable fix in 2019 It took a reboot for the fix to take effect, and there was a stretch last fall where, within a month, Google hit five zero days that were actively mined.

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