Google leaks details for Chromium bug that can turn browsers into bots (opens in new tab)

Chromium — the open-source browser that underpins Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera, among others — contains an unpatched vulnerability that attackers can exploit to execute JavaScript code persistently across browser restarts. As a result, the flaw can be used to hijack users’ browsers for distributed denial-of-service attacks, run crypto miners, and more. The vulnerability was reported over three years ago by independent researcher Lyra Rebane and remained unfixed, or at least parts ...