Govt issues ‘high risk’ warning for Chrome OS, Mozilla Firefox users: Here’s how to protect yourself

Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox users need to update their apps as soon as possible.

Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox users need to update their apps as soon as possible.

According to CERT-In, these vulnerabilities prompt attackers to perform denial-of-service attacks on target systems. A Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack occurs when users are unable to access resources or apps on their system.

the government of India Has issued a “high risk” warning for some Google and Mozilla products in India. The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has identified several vulnerabilities that are giving hackers access to all user data and allowing them to execute code on the victim’s system bypassing all security mechanisms.

The vulnerabilities have been flagged as “high risk” by CERT-In. agency said they are here Chrome OS Versions before 96.0.4664.209. The vulnerabilities have been named by Google as CVE-2021-43527, CVE-2022-1489, CVE-2022-1633, CVE-202-1636, CVE-2022-1859, CVE-2022-1867 and CVE-2022-23308. California-based giant Mountain View has acknowledged the bugs and said it has fixed the mentioned bugs. Google It also urged Chromebook users to update their systems to the latest version of Chrome OS to stay safe from these vulnerabilities.

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Further, CERT-In has also stated that mozilla firefox The browser in iOS comes with “high risk” vulnerabilities. The flagged bug in the Firefox iOS app is in a version prior to Firefox 101. The bug allows a remote attacker to expose sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, and execute code remotely. Mozilla has also released updates for the affected products. Users are advised to download Mozilla Firefox iOS version 101 to keep themselves safe.

According to CERT-In, these vulnerabilities prompt attackers to perform denial-of-service attacks on target systems. A Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack occurs when users are unable to access resources or apps on their system. The government agency also said that these vulnerabilities could be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system.

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