Chrome 145 update fixes several critical browser vulnerabilities

A final security update for Chrome 145 eliminates a handful of vulnerabilities, including some labeled critical.

Chrome Gemini panel became privilege escalator for rogue extensions

Security boffins have discovered a high-severity bug in Google Chrome that allowed malicious extensions to hijack its Gemini Live AI panel and inherit privileges they were never meant to have. The ...
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New Chrome Vulnerability Let Malicious Extensions Escalate Privileges via Gemini Panel

Chrome CVE-2026-0628 let malicious extensions hijack Gemini panel for privilege escalation, local file access, and ...
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Bug in Google's Gemini AI Panel Opens Door to Hijacking

Attackers could have exploited the vulnerability to escalate privileges, violate user privacy while browsing, and access sensitive resources ...

QuickLens Chrome extension steals crypto, shows ClickFix attack

A Chrome extension named "QuickLens - Search Screen with Google Lens" has been removed from the Chrome Web Store after it was ...