A new project hopes to beef up the security of V8, a part of the Chrome browser that most users aren't aware of but that hackers increasingly see as a juicy target. Chrome has over two billion users, ...

V8, the JavaScript engine featured in Google’s Chrome browser, is getting improvements in performance and code optimization courtesy of both the V8 team and the Russia Academy of Sciences. For its ...

Google LLC on Thursday released an update for Chrome to fix a high-severity security vulnerability in the browser that’s believed to be exploited by hackers. The update, the search giant detailed in a ...

Google says the latest Google Chrome release comes with a significant performance boost due to newly added improvements to the open-source V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. Google Chrome 91, which ...

Google has shipped a new JavaScript compiler for its V8 JavaScript engine in Chrome called Sparkplug that promises a much faster web experience – and it does it by 'cheating', according to the ...

Google is pushing out an emergency patch for its Chrome browser on multiple platforms, including Windows, Linux, and Mac to protect against a zero-day vulnerability that is being actively exploited in ...

TL;DR: Google is now shipping Chrome 91, which includes a major upgrade to the browser's JavaScript processing. According to Google, the V8 engine used to run about 78 years' worth of JavaScript every ...

Google's research team has launched v8CTF, a capture-the-flag (CTF) challenge focused on its Chrome browser’s V8 JavaScript engine. The competition opened on October 6, 2023, and is accessible to any ...

Chrome 144 and Firefox 147 were released with patches for a total of 26 vulnerabilities, including high-severity code ...

PSA: Over the last couple of weeks, Google has been busy patching several actively exploited security holes in its Chrome browser. The latest uses a flaw In the desktop version's V8 JavaScript engine ...

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Google Chrome 144 and Firefox 147 patch 26 security flaws, including high-severity bugs and sandbox escapes. Here’s what’s ...