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It’s good news to see that Google<\/a> is taking security issues seriously when it comes to its Chrome<\/a> browser. This has been shown before when Google was Willing To Pay Bounty For Chrome Browser Bugs<\/a>. And well honestly, we haven’t had a lot of news of exploits in Chrome.<\/p>\n Perhaps it’s because the user-base just isn’t that big yet? But to note, Chrome was the only browser in the recent Pwn2Own<\/a> contest that did not get exploited.<\/p>\n Anyway the story is in this case, Chrome is taking a leaf from the book of Firefox<\/a> and is planning to add the ability to block out-of-date plug-ins in the browser.<\/p>\n Google will soon prevent insecure versions of plug-ins from running on top of its Chrome browser to make sure they don’t contain security bugs that can be exploited by malicious websites.<\/p>\n In a blog post, members of Google’s security team said the feature, to be delivered “medium-term,” will prevent Chrome from running “certain out-of-date plug-ins.” It will also help users find updates.<\/p>\n The announcement comes a few months after anti-virus maker F-Secure said Adobe’s Reader application replaced Microsoft Word as the program that’s most often exploited in targeted malware campaigns, like the one that Google disclosed in January that exposed sensitive intellectual property. F-Secure said the increase is “primarily because there has been more vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat\/Reader than in the Microsoft Office applications.” Other plug-ins such as Adobe’s Flash Player and Oracle’s Java Virtual Machine are also routinely attacked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Firefox demonstrated the use of this function last October when Firefox Blocked the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant Add-on<\/a>.<\/p>\n