December 30th, 2009 | Category: Tech Talk
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Google’s computer operating system, due to be on the rampage next year, may rank among software most beleaguered by hackers in 2010, according to a Dec. 29 report from the computer resistance company McAfee.
The Web-based operating system, dubbed Chrome, relies on a technology known as HTML 5 that’s designed to help Web applications conduct yourself like PC software. Developers use HTML 5 language to make certain that software delivers fast response times and stores data that users can access even when they’re not connected to the World Wide Web.
Yet considering sites written with HTML 5 can directly admission a user’s PC online or off, they may supply a rich objective for cyber attacks, McAfee said in its “2010 Threat Predictions.”
The popularity of Google’s software, which includes a collaboration program, business applications that compete with Microsoft’s Office matching set, and other products, makes the company’s Web sites alluring to hackers who hope to infect computers with malware that can multiply spam or
pilfer knowledge, says Dave Marcus, director of shield research at McAfee. “When a technology is widely used and adopted, the poor guys will latch onto it before the good guys do,” he says. “Developers need to think in relation to how [HTML 5] is going to be abused.”
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Google representatives didn’t immediately reply to requirements for comment. But in a July 7 blog posting regarding Chrome OS on its Web site, Google said that it is “completely redesigning the original shield architecture so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware, and protection measure updates.”
protection software makers — including McAfee, its chief competitor, Symantec, and smaller vendors — regularly release reports on what they believe emerging cyberthreats, urging vigilance on computer users and software developers.
Keen interest in budding technologies from shield researchers doesn’t always indicate impending attacks, says Pete Lindstrom, research director at Spire…
