Update Now: Chrome Browser Vulnerable to Mysterious But Active Attack

Time to update: Someone is attacking Google’s Chrome browser for desktop with a mysterious but serious vulnerability.

Google released an emergency patch to address the threat on Wednesday, warning that an “exploit” for the Chrome vulnerability exists in the wild.

The company classifies the flaw as “high” severity. But all other details are unknown, including the nature of the threat. That’s unusual since Google typically specifies the type of flaw it’s patching while…