Chrome and Firefox Browsers, Patching Dozens of Vulnerabilities, Including Critical and High-severity Flaws

The refreshes address multiple use-after-free, sandbox escape, and privilege escalation bugs. The updates come as part of the companies' regular patch cycles, with the fixes covering a range of issues that could potentially be exploited by attackers. Specific details on the individual vulnerabilities were not disclosed in the announcement.

In related security news, Sectigo has named Ian Hassard as Chief Product Officer, and the Australian Securities Exchange has appointed Hanlie Botha as Deputy Chief Information Security Officer. Social engineering protection company Doppel has promoted Alyssa Smrekar to Chief Marketing Officer. Additionally, security experts are advising that security teams treat autonomous agents as highly privileged identities, a topic expected to be discussed in upcoming webinars on asset security management and business continuity planning.