Use Google Chrome? This is why you must update your browser THIS WEEK

GOOGLE Chrome users are being warned to upgrade their browsers after a terrifying new vulnerability has been discovered.

By DAVID SNELLING
PUBLISHED: 18:19, Sun, Apr 23, 2017 | UPDATED: 18:40, Sun, Apr 23, 2017

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Google Chrome users are being warned to their browsers

Millions of Google Chrome users should update their browsers later this week to stop a shocking new vulnerability in the software.

With a 57 per cent market share, Google Chrome is the world's most popular web browser and that makes it a big target for hackers and cyber criminals.

This latest issues was discovered by security researcher Xudong Zheng who warned the vulnerability makes phishing attacks "almost impossible to detect."

The clever hack displays fake domain names in the URL address bar – like Apple, Google, or Amazon – on their own fraudulent websites.

This makes phishing attacks notoriously tough to detect, since the victim's web browser appears to confirm they're on a legitimate web domain with a secure HTTPS connection.

Online users could enter their payment details into a website that looks exactly like the official site – with no idea they're actually on a fake webpage, designed by hackers to steal your information.

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According to Zheng, this vulnerability works in Chrome, Firefox and Opera web browsers.

“It becomes impossible to identify the site as fraudulent without carefully inspecting the site's URL or SSL certificate,” he wrote in a blog post.

"In general, users must be very careful and pay attention to the URL when entering personal information.

"Until this is fixed, users should manually type the URL or navigate to the site via a search engine when in doubt."

Luckily for Chrome users there is a fix coming soon with Google expected to release an update on April 25th.

Other affected browsers including Firefox are also expected to be updated soon - Microsoft Edge and Apple Safari are not thought to be hit by the problem.

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This latest scam comes just months after Chrome users were hit by another attack.

A hack was recently discovered that can use the"Autofill" feature to allow cyber thieves to view user names, emails and even passwords.

The phishing attack, that can be used by hackers, appears fairly simple.

When a Chrome user inputs personal information on a webpage, the Autofill option will fill in every data text box based on your previous entries - this even happens to boxes that may not be visible on the page that's open.

This data can then be sent straight to the hacker without the user ever knowing.

To make things even more worrying, it could also be possible to gain access to credit card numbers and security codes using the same method.

The hack only works if users are tricked into filling in the fake form but it's still concerning.

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Windows says its Edge browser uses much less power than Chrome

In more bad news for Google Chrome, Microsoft appears to be on a mission to prove its Edge web browser is better than the competition.

According to Microsoft, Firefox managed to get seven hours of video-looping before it flatlined, Chrome passed the nine hour mark, and Microsoft Edge lasted for an impressive 12-and-a-half hours.

Using an open-source test called BrowserEfficiencyTest, which Microsoft built in-house, the company discovered that its own Edge web browser uses some 31 per cent less power than Google Chrome.

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