It's been a bad month for Chrome users. Earlier this week, Google warned that it had discovered a nasty flaw in its popular software that was being actively exploited by cyber criminals. Now, just a few days after that first bug was discovered, another dreaded zero-day glitch has been found.
For those not aware of this term, zero-day means the issue has already been discovered by crooks and is being used in the wild to attack users.
It's a very serious issue which is why Google has rushed to push out another patch so quickly and it's not just one bug that's been repaired in this update. In fact, the latest release of Chrome. Called 112.0.5615.137/138, fixes a total of 8 gremlins.
"The Stable and extended stable channel has been updated to 112.0.5615.137/138 for Windows and 112.0.5615.137 for Mac and 112.0.5615.165 for Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks," Google said in its release notes.
"Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-2136 exists in the wild. We would like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel."
You might have already updated Chrome once this week but it's now time to do it again. You can check your current version of Chrome by simply launching the browser, then clicking Chrome from the menu bar and tapping About Chrome - here you'll see what is installed and if any upgrades are available.
If it's showing something older than 112.0.5615.137 then you should update things as soon as possible.
How to update your Chrome browser:
• On your computer, open Chrome.
• At the top right, click More.
• Click Help. About Google Chrome.
• Click Update Google Chrome. Important: If you can't find this button, you're on the latest version.
• Click Relaunch
With a market share of over 64%, Chrome is always going to be a top target for criminals due to the sheer volume of people who use it.
Luckily, Google is always quick to push out updates when it spots something is wrong but it's a good idea for anyone using it to make sure their software is upgraded to the very latest version.
