Adobe and Google have collaborated to put the Flash Player plug-in inside a sandbox within Chrome, an effort by the two companies to better protect users from attacks.
The sandbox has been introduced into the roughest version of Chrome -- the "dev" build -- and is currently available only on the Windows edition of Google's browser.
A "sandbox" isolates processes on the computer, preventing or at least hindering malware from escaping an application to wreak havoc on the machine.
Flash has become a very popular target for hackers, who have regularly exploited its vulnerabilities this year. Adobe has had to patch Flash five times since January, and in several cases had to issue emergency fixes to stymie ongoing attacks.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9199245/
The sandbox has been introduced into the roughest version of Chrome -- the "dev" build -- and is currently available only on the Windows edition of Google's browser.
A "sandbox" isolates processes on the computer, preventing or at least hindering malware from escaping an application to wreak havoc on the machine.
Flash has become a very popular target for hackers, who have regularly exploited its vulnerabilities this year. Adobe has had to patch Flash five times since January, and in several cases had to issue emergency fixes to stymie ongoing attacks.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9199245/