Cyber security firm claims data of 2.5 billion Google Chrome users at risk

Google Chrome is a web browser used by netizens from across the world. A latest cyber security firm claims to have detected a vulnerability in Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers which puts data of over 2.5 billion users at risk.

In its blog post, the cyber security firm named Imperva Red has revealed that the vulnerability labelled as ‘CVE-2022-365’, which allows the the theft of sensitive files like crypto wallets and cloud provider credentials.

The blog points to a type of file called ‘Symlink’, which points to another file or directory. This file also allows the operating system to treat the linked file or directory as it was its location.