{"id":3670,"date":"2012-02-09T10:22:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T09:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=3670"},"modified":"2012-12-12T13:57:18","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T21:57:18","slug":"google-updates-chrome-browser-fixing-20-flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/google-updates-chrome-browser-fixing-20-flaws\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Updates Chrome Browser, Fixing 20 Flaws"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has issued an update to the Chrome web browser, releasing version 17 (17.0.963.46 to be precise). This update fixes 20 flaws<\/a>, one of which was critical, and another half-dozen high risk vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

In addition to patching these flaws, the new version of Chrome includes a new security feature to check for malicious downloads. As the Google Chrome Blog says<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nIn addition to checking a list of known bad files, Chrome also does checks on executable files (like “.exe” and “.msi” files). If the executable doesn’t match a whitelist, Chrome checks with Google for more information, such as whether the website you’re accessing hosts a high number of malicious downloads.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This looks as though it’s mostly looking for Windows malware, but we’ll try to see how it reacts to malicious files that affect Macs.<\/p>\n

Google has also announced that future versions of Chrome will no longer check online for revoked security certificates<\/a>. There are a number of issues around these security checks (see this Macworld article for details<\/a>), which can slow down browsing. <\/p>\n

Google has not said when this change will be implemented in Chrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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