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By Darren Pauli

Jul 1 2011 2:00PM

Google Chrome, now less shiny.

Web extensions to become a new attack vector

A penetration tester has exploted a hole in Google Chrome that granted unauthorised access to gmail accounts. WhiteHat Security researcher Matt Johansen identified the vulnerability in a Chrome OS note-taking application. He disclosed the hole to Google which patched it and gave him US$1000 as ...

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