Adobe Flash Player is now supported on all desktop platforms. Google Chrome is now in “full sandboksed” would be: Windows. Mac, Linux, and Chrome OSThis is a great achievement in the security side of things. Especially considering the numerous and 0-day vulnerabilities often found in Flash

For those who do not know. Sandboxing refers to the restriction of resources and divides the program. In this case Flash. From untested and execute untrusted code from unverified third-party and Web SiteHere is how Google Chrome because it describes:

Sandboxing helps prevent malware from installing itself on your computer. Or using what happens in one browser tab to affect what happens in aThe sandbox adds an additional level of protection against malicious web pages that try to leave programs on your computer. Monitor your web activities. Or steal private information from your hard drive

Google says sandboxing now available in this release. Chrome FlashThe latest version. Chrome 23, came last week. When the browser is four years old. He received his usual dose of security fixes (14 in total). As well as a new version of Adobe Flash

But today. The company wanted to emphasize today that Chrome is built on the Mac Flash Player now uses a new plug-in architecture that begins inside the Flash sandbox. Which is as strong as the native Chrome sandbox. And “much stronger than anything else available”This is great news for Mac users since Flash is used very widely. And so is a huge target for cyber criminals to push malware

Malware writers exploit flash love for the same reasons as they did Java: it’s cross-platform pluginSuch an attack vector than those operating in more than one browser. Which allows the user to more than one categoryWhat Google is doing here is to minimize the chance that its users. Particularly those who use Chrome. Will be infected by such threats

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