New Malware Can Easily Bypass Latest Security Improvements in Google Chrome 127

Google Chrome recently introduced some security measures that allowed some confidential data, such as cookies or stored passwords, to be encrypted. This was introduced in version 127 and represents another leap forward in terms of protection. However, in this article we report on a new malware that is able to bypass the browser’s new defenses and render them completely useless. We will give you some recommendations to protect yourself.

The idea of these new features in Google Chrome 127 is good. It uses encryption to protect your browsing cookies, as well as the passwords you store in the browser. Another way to avoid hackers and avoid privacy and security issues.

Now, a team of security researchers from g0njxa and RussianPanda9xx have discovered that there are several malware developers who claim to have been able to bypass these measures and have used several malicious tools to achieve their goal. One of them, Lumma Stealer, can even bypass this encryption feature in Chrome 127.

But is it easy to bypass these Chrome security measures and steal data? Well, with this there are doubts. At first, it seemed obvious that it would be necessary to gain system privileges or inject malicious code into Chrome. However, one such malicious tool, Lumar, seems to have found a mechanism to bypass this need to use user privileges.

There is no official response from Google Chrome on how to deal with this. At the moment, what seems certain is that these protection measures have not succeeded in preventing information leakage and good encryption at least 100%.

The main thing to avoid problems of all kinds is to always have the latest version of the browser. Chrome will likely release an update soon to fix this problem, as well as other improvements it may include. So, make sure you have the latest version installed on your device.

In short, there is a new malware that is able to bypass the latest security improvements in Google Chrome 127, which are designed to encrypt cookies and saved passwords. To avoid problems when browsing in Chrome, it is essential to always keep it up to date and well protected.