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Google patches third zero-day flaw in Chrome this year

The vulnerability in the Chrome V8 JavaScript engine is rated as high severity and was discovered by Google’s Threat Analysis Group. The Google Chrome team issued an update to fix a high-severity ...
SD Times

Node.js 21 is here with updated V8 engine and test runner improvements

The team behind Node.js has announced the release of Node.js 21. Node.js is a JavaScript runtime that is built on the JavaScript engine that Chrome uses, V8. One of the main updates in this release is ...

Node.js 24 and 26 take about 100 seconds to recover memory after a load—Measuring V8's memory reducer with Docker memory limits

Issue #66564 in nodejs/node reports that in Node.js 24 and 26, memory does not return for about 100 seconds even in an idle ...
securityaffairs

JSCeal Hides Crypto Malware in V8 Bytecode

JSCeal hides crypto-stealing malware in V8 bytecode, but researchers built a tool to decompile it and expose its advanced theft capabilities. JSCeal is a cryptocurrency stealer that Check Point ...
InfoWorld

Node.js 22 arrives, backs ECMAScript modules

The latest Node release includes require() support for ES modules, improved WebSocket communications, and an update to Google's V8 JavaScript engine 2.4. Node.js 22 ...
InfoWorld

Node.js welcomes Microsoft’s Chakra JavaScript engine

Node has traditionally been focused on Google's V8 JavaScript engine, but adding ChakraCore support will allow developers to target more platforms Microsoft on Tuesday submitted a pull request to Node ...
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U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium V8 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium V8 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...