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Updated November 9 with further advice for browser users following the Google Chrome 142 security update, including Microsoft\u2019s Edge gift card assault on users.<\/p>\n
Hot on the heels of 20 Chrome web browser vulnerabilities<\/a> being fixed, and two emergency security updates<\/a> in the space of just one week, Google has confirmed that more than 3 billion users of the world\u2019s most popular browser must restart now. Here\u2019s why, and what you have to do right now, as Google declares more security vulnerabilites. <\/p>\n ForbesGoogle Issues Critical VPN Threat Warning For Billions Of UsersBy Davey Winder<\/a>Act Now \u2014 Make Sure Google Chrome 142 Is Updated<\/p>\n Google has now confirmed<\/a> that a number of new security vulnerabilities, including three that have been allocated a high-severity rating, have been identified in the market-leading browser. With five vulnerabilities in total, this may not be the largest such security update we\u2019ve seen from Google in recent weeks. However, it still requires immediate action from Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android users<\/a>. That action comes by way of restarting Chrome<\/a> to ensure that the necessary updates are applied and activated. <\/p>\n The high-rated vulnerabilities in question are CVE-2025-12725, an out-of-bounds write issue in WebGPU, CVE-2025-12726, an inappropriate implementation in Views, and CVE-2025-12727, another inappropriate implementation, but this time impacting Chrome\u2019s V8 JavaScript rendering engine. <\/p>\n Meanwhile, the two medium-rated security vulnerabilities impact the address and search bar feature, Omnibox, and both are inappropriate implementations once more, listed as CVE-2025-12728 and CVE-2025-12729.<\/p>\n ForbesGoogle Chrome Crash Warning For 3 Billion \u2014 No Fix AvailableBy Davey Winder<\/a>Microsoft Edge Is No Gift Of Better Security Than Google Chrome<\/p>\n As reported by Windows Latest<\/a>, Microsoft is now trying to tempt Windows 11 users of the Microsoft Edge browser to stay away from switching to Google Chrome by, erm, offering them 1,300 Microsoft Rewards points. The offer is being made when Windows 11 users search for Chrome when using Microsoft Bing, pointing out that the points, pardon the pun, can be exchanged for a gift card or donated to a charity. <\/p>\n But does staying with Edge mean that you are more secure than switching to Chrome, that\u2019s the question users should be asking themselves. The answer, as they say, is complicated. Not least because Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge are based on the same Chromium engine and are therefore largely at risk from the same security vulnerabilities. <\/p>\n The critical point for users of either browser application is that they keep it updated, as the latest advisory from Google so aptly illustrates. <\/p>\n