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NITDA alerts Nigerians over Google Chrome vulnerability exploited by cyber attackers

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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has issued an urgent public alert regarding a critical security vulnerability identified in the Google Chrome browser.
According to the Agency, this vulnerability, tagged CVE-2024-797, has been discovered by Google and is currently being actively exploited by cyber attackers to target users online.
The flaw, classified as a “type confusion” vulnerability, is located within Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, which plays a crucial role in how the browser handles JavaScript file and arises from the browser’s misinterpretation of data types, leading to memory corruption.
NITDA through its Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT) warns that the consequences of this vulnerability are severe, as attackers could potentially take full control of an affected system.
In response to this threat, NITDA advises all Google Chrome users to immediately update their browsers to the latest version.

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