Carpet Bomb Google Chrome...
September 2008
Google Chrome at risk from ‘carpet bomb’ bug. Attackers can combine a months-old “carpet bomb” bug with another flaw disclosed last month to trick people running Google Inc.’s brand-new Chrome browser into downloading and launching malicious code, a security researcher said today. The attacks are possible because Google used an older version of WebKit, an open-source rendering engine that also powers Apple Inc.’s Safari, as the foundation of Chrome, said a researcher on Wednesday. He posted a proof-of-concept exploit to demonstrate how hackers could create a new “blended threat,” so-named because it relies on multiple vulnerabilities, to attack Chrome, the browser Google released this week.
Google Chrome at risk from ‘carpet bomb’ bug. Attackers can combine a months-old “carpet bomb” bug with another flaw disclosed last month to trick people running Google Inc.’s brand-new Chrome browser into downloading and launching malicious code, a security researcher said today. The attacks are possible because Google used an older version of WebKit, an open-source rendering engine that also powers Apple Inc.’s Safari, as the foundation of Chrome, said a researcher on Wednesday. He posted a proof-of-concept exploit to demonstrate how hackers could create a new “blended threat,” so-named because it relies on multiple vulnerabilities, to attack Chrome, the browser Google released this week.
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