Like the dread of getting a ding in that new car, Google experienced its first ding with its much hyped Chrome browser. While the new Internet surfing tool does a good job of sandboxing applications running in tabs and tries to keep a lid on memory use, researchers have found a flaw in the WebKit engine Chrome uses. The WebKit is vulnerable to a carpet bombing attack that could land a malicious Java JAR file on a victim's machine in two seemingly harmless clicks.
The good news is this is the same vulnerability that plagued Apple's Safari browser and there's a patch available for that, so Google should be able to polish Chrome up pretty quickly. That said, I am sure there will be more dings down the road given the high profile nature of the application and its creator.
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