As part of the Google Chrome launches program the new version 76 has arrived on time and that also as many of you will know at the same time a stable version of the free Chromium project is available, which serves as the core of Chrome
In this new versionn 43 vulnerabilities were fixed, many of the vulnerabilities identified by the automated testing tools AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, the integrity check flow, LibFuzzer, and the AFL.
Critical issues have not been identified that allow you to bypass all levels of browser protection and run code on the system outside of the sandbox environment. As part of the cash rewards program to detect vulnerabilities for the current release, Google paid out 16 prizes worth $ 23,500 (one premium $ 10,000, one premium $ 6,000, two prizes $ 3000, and three prizes $ 500).
Main news of Google Chrome 76
With the release of this new version as it had already been announced long ago flash playback has stopped by default.
Moment in this version it can be returned in the configuration (Advanced> Privacy and security> Site settings), followed by an explicit confirmation of the playback of Flash content for each site (the confirmation is remembered until the browser is restarted).
For businesses, the ability to search for files in Google Drive storage has been added to the address bar.
Also another of the novelties and that we had already mentioned is he blocked the ability to determine the opening of a page in incognito mode through manipulations with the FileSystem API, which was previously used by some publications to impose a paid subscription in the case of anonymous opening of pages without remembering Cookies (so that users do not use the private mode to avoid the free trial access mechanism).
As of July 9, a massive block of unacceptable advertising began in Chrome, which interferes with the perception of content and does not meet the criteria developed by the Advertising Improvement Coalition.
In addition, the Async Clipboard API adds the ability to read and write images through the clipboard using the navigator.clipboard.read () and navigator.clipboard.write () methods;
Support for the HTTP Fetch Metadata header group (Sec-Fetch-Dest,
On the other hand, the default protection mode is to transfer third-party cookies, which, in the absence of the SameSite attribute in the Set-Cookie header, by default is the value «SameSite = Lax», which restricts the sending of cookies to inserts of websites. third parties (but sites will still be able to override the restriction by explicitly setting when setting a cookie, the value is SameSite = None).
So far, the browser has passed Cookies on any request to the site for which cookies are set, even if another site is initially opened, and the call is made indirectly by downloading an image or an iframe.
In 'Lax' mode, the transfer of cookies is blocked only for subqueries between sites, such as requesting images or downloading content via iframe, which are often used to stage CSRF attacks and track user movements between sites.
An adaptive switch mode to a new page has been implemented, in which the current content is cleared and the white background is displayed not immediately, but after a short delay.
For fast loading pages, cleaning only causes flickering and does not carry a payload designed to inform the user of the start of loading a new page.
How to install Google Chrome 76 on Linux?
If you are interested in being able to install this new version of this web browser and you still do not have it installed, You can visit the following publication where we teach you how to install it on some Linux distributions.
Finally It is important to remember that the next version of Chrome 77 is scheduled for September 10.