Google aims to improve security of browser engines, third-party Android devices and apps on Google Play

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Google has announced two new security initiatives: one is aimed at helping bug hunters improve the security of various browsers’ JavaScript engines, the other at helping Android OEMs improve the security of the mobile devices they ship. Fuzzing JavaScript engines “JavaScript engine security continues to be critical for user safety, as demonstrated by recent in-the-wild zero-day exploits abusing vulnerabilities in v8, the JavaScript engine behind Chrome. Unfortunately, fuzzing JavaScript engines to uncover these vulnerabilities is … More

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