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Google Chrome is vulnerable to URL Spoofing

Another serious vulnerability has been found in Google’s Chrome web browser which allows an attacker to load a fake website while making it appear as legitimate website to the victims.

A Chinese security researcher named Liu Die Yu of the TopsecTianRongXin research lab in Beijing has disclosed a URL spoofing vulnerability found in Chrome web browser. Liu Die Yu also released a proof of concept that demonstrates how a legitimate URL can be forced into the address bar even if Chrome is not loading the actual URL.

This news comes after Google released a patch for their Chrome’s carpet bombing vulnerability.

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