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| Security Flaws in New WebGL Technology Put PCs and Data at Risk Researchers at Context Information Security, an international security consultancy, have uncovered serious security flaws in the new WebGL technology that creates 3D graphics in a browser with the same speed and detail as hardware-accelerated PC games and applications. Context says that design level security issues give potentially malicious web pages low level access to graphics cards that could provide a 'back door' for hackers and compromise data stored on internet-connected machines. WebGL is currently supported on Linux, OSX and Windows operating systems, using Firefox 4, Safari and Google Chrome browsers. In addition to desktops and notebooks, WebGL is also being adopted for use in other devices including smart phones and is rapidly increasing in popularity. WebGL 1.0 was officially released in March this year by The Khronos Group, a non-profit consortium of companies including Google, Apple, Intel and Mozilla working to create open standard APIs to display digital interactive media across all platforms and devices. It is essentially a graphics library that extends the functionality of JavaScript to allow it to create interactive 3D graphics within a browser without using plug-ins. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Computing News :: home page |