Chrome OS has security flaws claims researcher | Security CNET News
Lance Whitney
Google may see its Chrome operating system as than traditional alternatives, but one security researcher believes the cloud-based OS is vulnerable, according to a researcher Matt Johansen said he found a flaw in a Chrome OS application that he was able to exploit to gain control of a Google e-mail account. Though Google fixed the flaw after it was reported, Johansen claims to have discovered other applications with the same flaw, Reuters said. In citing the security holes in Chrome OS, Johansen specifically pointed to the ability of hackers who can steal data as it moves between the cloud and the Chrome OS browser instead of hacking directly into a user's PC. "I can get at your online banking or your Facebook profile or your e-mail as it is bein...
