Indian government issues high-risk alert for Google Chrome users: Here’s what you should do

India's Computer Emergency Response Team has advised Google Chrome users on Mac, Windows and Linux to immidiately update their browser to the latest version citing several security vulnerabilities.

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The security exploits include 2 high risk, 5 medium risk and 1 low risk vulnerability (Express Photo)

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) yesterday issued a high-risk alert for those using the desktop version of the world’s most popular browser – Google Chrome.

In its latest security advisory, India’s cybersecurity agency said ‘multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system’.

According to CERT-In, these vulnerabilities affect Google Chrome v122.0.6261.57 or earlier on Windows, Mac and Linux. Google says the latest Chrome version includes 12 security fixes, out of which two were marked as high-severity flaws, five were medium-severity vulnerabilities and one was marked as low severity.

The tech giant said it paid $28,000 as bug bounties to researchers who found these exploits. India’s cybersecurity agency also urged Google Chrome users on desktop to update their browser to the latest version to avoid these targeted attacks.

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CERT-In advises users to immediately update Chrome to the latest version (Image Source: CERT-In)

How to manually update Google Chrome to the latest version

1. To update Google Chrome, open the browser on your desktop and click on the three vertical dots that appear on the top right of the screen, next to your profile picture.

2. In the drop-down menu that appears, tap on ‘Help’ and click on ‘About Google Chrome’.

3. On the ‘About Chrome’, Google Chrome will check for the newest version and install it automatically.

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4. Once done, click the ‘Relaunch’ button and you are good to go.