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>  A bug in Google's popular web browser Chrome could enable bad actors to place a malicious file onto a target PC that could then be used to siphon off Windows credentials and initiate a Server Message Block (SMB) relay attack, according to a post by Bosko Stankovic, an information security engineer at DefenseCode.

Full Article: https://www.scmagazine.com/google-chrome-flaw-could-allow-windows-credential-theft/article/662515/

To prevent this and other threats, I recommend using:

* uBlock Origin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog
* ScriptSafe: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/scriptsafe/oiigbmnaadbkfbmpbfijlflahbdbdgdf?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog

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