Google adds Flash sandbox to Chrome beta
Two weeks after it debuted a sandbox to isolate Adobe's Flash Player plug-in, Google today pushed the security enhancement to the more reliable beta channel of its Chrome browser.
Chrome users already running the beta build will be automatically updated to the version that includes the sandboxed Flash. A "sandbox" isolates processes on the computer, preventing or at least hindering malware from escaping an application to wreak havoc on the machine.
That's become increasingly important for Flash, as the popular media player has been aggressively targeted by hackers this year. Adobe has had to patch Flash five times since January, and in several cases was forced to scramble to release emergency fixes as new attacks surfaced.
