In Google’s Chrome web browser 88. 0. 4324. 96 the developers have closed 36 security holes. Most of the vulnerabilities are classified as ” high “.

A gap (CVE – 2021 – 21117) is considered to be “critical”. It affects the Cryptohome component. The warning message hardly contains any further details about this and the other vulnerabilities. Based on the classifications, however, it can be assumed that attackers can execute malicious code in many cases after successful attacks.

The current Chrome version is for Linux, macOS and Windows appeared. The update takes place automatically under Windows, for example. You can check which editions are installed under Help / About Google Chrome. If a new one is available, you can start the installation from there, if you haven’t already done so.

And bye! In addition, Google has now completely removed Flash Player from Chrome. Adobe has stopped the end of support 2020. Flash has made countless headlines in the past due to critical security vulnerabilities.

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