Google Chrome Users Under Threat. Cannot Secure Their Personal Information

Hit Brother

8 years ago

If you use Google’s Chrome browser you should watch out for a new scam that could reveal all of your personal details.

A hack has been discovered in a number of popular web browsers that can use the”Autofill” feature to allow cyber thieves to view user names, emails and even passwords.

The issues were found by Viljami Kuosmanen, who states that Chrome, Apple’s Safari and Opera are all vulnerable.

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

When a Chrome, Safari or Opera 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.

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By tricking the browser, Kuosmanen has revealed how a form with just a couple of fields showing Name and Email address could be designed to auto-fill every section.

This data can then be sent staright 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.

To stop any chance of the issue affecting users, Chrome, Safari and Opera fans can switch off the Autofill setting or double check before filling in any online forms.

The news comes as Google’s Chrome browser has just been revealed as the biggest browser in the world.

Accroding to the federal government’s Digital Analytics Program, Chrome dominates as the most popular for web browsing.

The report says that around 44 per cent of web traffic comes from Chrome while Apple’s Safari has a 24.5 per cent share.

Sadly for Microsoft, their browsers make up just 15.5 per cent of the market.