Category Archives: Chrome

Chrome 53.0.2785.113

The announcement for Chrome 53.0.2785.113 highlights five security issues that are addressed in the new version. It points to this page for details, but currently nothing is listed there. According to Google, “Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix.”

The full change log lists several dozen changes, most of which are minor bug fixes.

For most users, Chrome will update itself. To make sure you’re running the most recent version, click the menu button (at the top right; looks like three vertical dots), and select Help > About. If Chrome hasn’t already updated itself, this should trigger the update.

Patch Tuesday for September 2016

Microsoft’s contribution to our monthly headache is fourteen updates for their flagship software (Windows, Office, Edge, and Internet Explorer). Seven of the updates are classified as Critical. Over sixty separate vulnerabilities are addressed by these updates. One of the updates is for the version of Adobe Flash embedded in Internet Explorer 10 and 11, and Edge.

Not wanting to be left out, Adobe once again brings its own pile of patches to the table. Flash 23.0.0.162 includes fixes for at least twenty-six vulnerabilities. Google Chrome will update itself with the new Flash, and Internet Explorer 10 and 11, and Edge, get the new Flash via the update mentioned above. For all other browsers, simply visit the main Flash page to check your Flash version and update it as needed.

Chrome 53.0.2785.89

The full change log for Chrome 53.0.2785.89 is another one of those browser-annihilating pages that you probably shouldn’t even try to load. Included in the boat-load of changes in Chrome 53 are thirty-three fixes for security vulnerabilities, making this an important update.

For most users, Chrome will automatically update itself, but given the number of security fixes, you should probably make sure. Click the funny little menu icon (three dots in a vertical line), then select Help > About from the menu. If Chrome isn’t already up to date, this should trigger an update.

There may be some interesting new features in Chrome 53, but the announcement doesn’t mention anything in particular. If anyone out there is patient enough to read the full change log and notices anything noteworthy, drop me a line to let me know, and I’ll update this post.