Google relies on Information Security Professionals & Ethical Hackers

Google relies on Information Security Professionals & Ethical Hackers

Google reported High risk vulnerabilities discovered by information security professionals. Patch released addresses 11 vulnerabilities out of which, one is critical, while 5 others are rated high. Usually major software companies rely on ethical hacking to find vulnerabilities in code or the systems they are hosted on. In this case, Google locked down its bug tracking database to hide the details of the vulnerabilities, but ethical hacking was used by information security professionals to discover the vulnerabilities. Google awarded a thousand dollars bounty to the information security professionals for uncovering the vulnerabilities.

The autofill feature of Chrome, which facilitates automatic entry of names, credit card numbers and contact numbers on a website form, is identified as the cause of the vulnerability. Users experienced problems with the browser on the submission of a form on a website. A problem with the autofill feature was leading to browser collapse on form submission. The critical vulnerability is revealed at a time, when Chrome is slowly gaining user base. Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera are other major Internet browsers popular among users. Of the remaining 6 vulnerabilities, three are rated as high risk and two as low risk vulnerabilities.

Google aims to hasten the development of Chrome by releasing new versions at regular intervals. Chrome is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Hackers are always on the lookout to find vulnerabilities and breach browsers, networks and systems. There is always a time lag between the release of a patch and its update by users. Hackers take advantage of this time gap and slow response to security updates by users.

Internet users can keep track of the security updates and releases from software developers to identify and apply right security patches for their security products. Adhering to security advisories, regularly installing anti-virus and anti-spyware solutions can help individuals and organizations to protect their systems and networks.

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