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Ron Masas of Imperva discusses\xa0their work, the\xa0"Google Chrome \u201cSymStealer\u201d Vulnerability.\xa0How to Protect Your Files from Being Stolen." By reviewing the ways the browser handles file systems, specifically searching for common vulnerabilities relating to how browsers process symlinks, the Imperva Red Team discovered that when files are dropped onto a file input, it\u2019s handled differently.\nDubbing it as CVE-2022-40764, researchers found a vulnerability that "allowed for the theft of sensitive files, such as crypto wallets and cloud provider credentials." In result, over 2.5 billion users of Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers\xa0were affected.\nThe research can be found here:\nGoogle Chrome \u201cSymStealer\u201d Vulnerability: How to Protect Your Files from Being Stolen\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices