Google Chrome lacks protection against one of the most basic and common ways to track users online
2026-04-16T07:23:57Z•ac93d4daf5e2c0386476537928dda1e1422516f6a8fc458ee5148d1f1968b45b
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What happened
A batch of infosec headlines from The Register covering widespread vulnerability and incident activity: Chrome lacks protections against browser fingerprinting; Anthropic's Mythos and Project Glasswing raise questions about AI-driven vuln discovery; two critical Fortinet sandbox flaws could allow authentication bypass and remote code execution; a 17‑year‑old critical Excel flaw landed on CISA’s exploited-vulnerabilities list and is being actively attacked. Researchers disclosed prompt-injection attacks that can hijack AI agents integrated with GitHub Actions to steal API keys and tokens, while
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