{"id":229378,"date":"2022-04-03T18:58:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T17:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=229378"},"modified":"2022-04-03T19:07:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T18:07:39","slug":"billions-advised-to-update-chrome-browser-especially-crypto-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/billions-advised-to-update-chrome-browser-especially-crypto-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Billions advised to update Chrome browser \u2014 especially crypto users"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 22nd, Google issued an emergency security update<\/a> for its Chrome browser as 3.2 billion users were potentially at risk of being attacked. This update highlighted a single security vulnerability that could have a big impact on everyone, but specifically crypto users.<\/p>\n

Not much is publicly known at this stage about CVE-2022-1096 other than it is a “Type Confusion in V8.” This refers to the JavaScript engine employed by Chrome. The security flaw includes the open-source Chromium Project and it\u2019s possible this update comes as a response to users reporting their crypto \u2018hot wallets\u2019 being hacked through a browser.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Arthur Cheong<\/a>, the founder of DeFiance Capital<\/a> and a known crypto whale announced via Twitter<\/a> that his crypto wallet had been hacked causing him to lose over $1.5 million USD in tokens and NFTs.<\/p>\n

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Found out the likely root cause for the exploit, it's a targeted social engineering attack. Received a spear-phishing email that really seems to be sent by one of our portco with content that seems like general industry-relevant content.<\/p>\n

They are likely targeting all crypto peep pic.twitter.com\/SegYBcoLX2<\/a><\/p>\n

— Arthur \ud83c\udf14\u26e9\ufe0f\ud83e\udd94\ud83d\udc7b (@Arthur_0x) March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n