2 zero-day vulnerabilities expose your data on Google Chrome

There have been two new vulnerabilities detected in the Google Chrome web browser, one of which its detector cybersecurity company Kaspersky claims is actively being used in attacks. Allocated as ‘CVE-2019-13720’ and ‘CVE-2019-13721’, Google has classified them to be zero-day vulnerabilities.

For the uninitiated zero-day vulnerabilities are previously unknown software bugs that can be exploited by attackers to inflict serious and unexpected damage. CVE-2019-13720 has been detected by Kaspersky experts in ‘Operation WizardOpium’.