Major tech firms including Microsoft, Oracle and Google reported unprecedented numbers of security patches this year, with Microsoft issuing 974 CVE fixes this month alone and Oracle shipping 1,448 patches in July compared to 309 a year earlier. Analysts tracking cve.icu counted 66,401 confirmed vulnerabilities as of this week, nearly double last September's tally, a jump attributed largely to AI tools now used for automated bug discovery.
wired.com
· 2026-09-19
Security researchers at Proofpoint and Volexity uncovered a modular attack tool called BlueMoon that strings together two Chromium browser flaws and a Windows kernel bug to achieve remote code execution and system-level control. The kit has been used since late August by China-linked group JungleBamboo (also known as APT31) and by a separate actor Volexity calls UTA0560, which targeted NGO staff. Analysts believe one of the three vulnerabilities, a Windows ALPC flaw, was repurposed from an existing 2025 exploit rather than newly built.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-10
Google released security updates fixing 230 vulnerabilities, including a Chrome zero-day flaw that attackers are already exploiting in the wild. This marks the seventh Chrome zero-day patched by Google since the beginning of the year.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-09
Google has shifted Chrome from its four-week milestone update schedule to a two-week cycle, with version 153 rolling out now across desktop, Android, and iOS. Each release will carry a smaller set of changes, but updates will arrive twice as often, with version 154 already slated for September 22.
9to5google.com
· 2026-09-08
Google has rolled out Chrome 153 on desktop, Android, and iOS, marking the switch from a four-week to a two-week release schedule. This follows an earlier announcement that Google would double the frequency of stable Chrome releases to speed delivery of features and fixes.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-08
Google has shifted Chrome's stable release schedule from a four-week cycle to a two-week cycle, beginning with Chrome 153 across desktop, Android, and iOS. This means new features, bug fixes, and security patches now reach users twice as fast as before. Chrome 154 is already in beta and slated for release on September 22.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-08
Google has shifted Chrome from a four-week to a two-week release schedule, beginning with Chrome 153 rolling out on desktop, iOS, and Android. The company says the change helps it manage a growing volume of security patches driven by AI-assisted bug discovery and faster-moving threats.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-08
Brave released new benchmark data asserting its desktop browser consumes 44% less CPU, 28% less memory, and 10% less energy than Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, while loading full pages about 20% faster. The company attributes the gains largely to blocking ads, trackers, and analytics scripts that would otherwise generate extra background processing after the visible page content loads.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-08
A researcher who previously exposed a similar Chrome bug in 2019 has found that Chrome version 152.0.7977.83 again exempts google.com from the 'delete site data on close' setting, letting Google cookies, local storage, and session storage persist after all windows are closed and even after relaunching the browser. The behavior was reproduced on two Macs, with sign-in and default search engine ruled out as causes, and appears specific to www.google.com.
lapcatsoftware.com
· 2026-09-05
Solipsism Browser is a new open-source Android browser built on Chromium that launched about three months ago, offering extensive customization and design options typically associated with Firefox forks rather than Chrome. Despite its early stage, reviewers note it already feels highly polished and distinct from mainstream Chromium-based browsers.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-04
Google released Chrome version 152.0.7977.82/.83 to fix a high-severity zero-day flaw, CVE-2026-85046, a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript engine that is already being exploited in the wild. The update also patches 11 other vulnerabilities, including use-after-free and out-of-bounds memory issues across several Chrome components.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-04
Google is rolling out the ability to upload files directly into the Gemini side panel in Chrome, through a new Add attachments option. Users can attach a document, such as a PDF, and ask Gemini to summarize it, extract details, or clarify sections without leaving the browser. The feature was first spotted by an X user and confirmed working in Chrome by Android Authority.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-03
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