Ah finally, the end of NPAPI is coming – a relic from the Netscape era the Netscape Plugin API causes a lot of instability in Chrome and security issues. It means Java is now disabled by default along with other NPAPI based plugins in Google Chrome 42. Chrome will be removing support for NPAPI totally […]
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Google Revoking Trust In CNNIC Issued Certificates
So another digital certificate fiasco, once again involving China from CNNIC (no surprise there) – this time via Egypt. Google is going to remove all CNNIC and EV CAs from their products, probably with the next version of Chrome that gets pushed out. As of yet, no action has been taken by Firefox – or […]
Google Patches 32 Chrome Browser Bugs & Releases Version 14
Google and their Chrome browser have really been stepping things up lately when it comes to security and browsing, we reported not along ago on Google Chrome To Protect Users Against Malicious Executables. Also since we reported on the Chrome bug bounty program back in February 2010 – Google Willing To Pay Bounty For Chrome […]
VUPEN Whitehats Claim To Have Broken Chrome Sandbox
The big news recently is that someone has finally managed to pop the formidable Chrome browser, as we know from following Pwn2Own – it’s been safe for 3 years in a row. It has a sandbox, ASLR and DEP and that’s a pretty heavy combination to keep users safe from malicious software coming in via […]
Google Chrome To Protect Users Against Malicious Executables
It looks like Google Chrome is stepping up to provide users with the most secure browsing experience. The browser has been built with security in mind since the beginning with it’s sandbox model and it escaped exploitation during the recent Pwn2Own contest. Now they are infringing on the area of anti-virus vendors and stepping up […]