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Campus community encouraged to update Google Chrome to mitigate critical vulnerability

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) has requested that all Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University students, faculty and staff update their Google Chrome browsers to mitigate the risk associated with a critical vulnerability that is being actively exploited.

Updating to the latest version of Google Chrome will patch a browser vulnerability that was recently identified as a high security severity by the federal government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and has been logged into the

Failing to update your Google Chrome browser could lead to a complete system compromise and allow a remote attacker to steal your data and access sensitive information.

To ensure the security of both your personal data, and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University data, all students, faculty and staff are asked to update and restart their Chrome browsers to apply the update. The updated browsers should have a minimum version of 125.0.6422.141/.142 for Windows and Mac, or 125.0.6422.141 for Linux.

If you encounter any issues while updating your browser, please for assistance.

Published
June 5, 2024
Author
Staff reports