Google will take a page from Mozilla's security playbook and block outdated plug-ins from launching in its Chrome browser, part of a new effort to keep users safer, the company said Monday.
In a post to the Chromium blog, a trio of Google security engineers announced that Chrome would refuse to run plug-ins if they were found to be out of date, and thus, potentially vulnerable to exploitation of known bugs.
Chromium is the name of the open-source development project that feeds into the Chrome browser.
Google did not spell out when the blocking of outdated plug-ins would be added to Chrome, saying only that it would happen in the "medium-term." Nor did the Google engineers specify which plug-ins would be blocked. Chrome will assist users in updating old plug-ins, they said.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178678/
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In a post to the Chromium blog, a trio of Google security engineers announced that Chrome would refuse to run plug-ins if they were found to be out of date, and thus, potentially vulnerable to exploitation of known bugs.
Chromium is the name of the open-source development project that feeds into the Chrome browser.
Google did not spell out when the blocking of outdated plug-ins would be added to Chrome, saying only that it would happen in the "medium-term." Nor did the Google engineers specify which plug-ins would be blocked. Chrome will assist users in updating old plug-ins, they said.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178678/
