Webkit rendering engine getting attention of security researchers

MrBrian · Sep 14, 2011

From http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/weaknesses-webkit-becoming-problematic-082811:

The open-source HTML rendering engine has a significant share of the PC and Mac markets because of its inclusion into Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari browsers. Yet, the software is far more popular than its browser share would indicate: A host of other applications -- such as Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, iTunes, and even RealPlayer -- use Webkit to render rich text formatting and interactive content. Add to that more than a half billion smartphones that have browsers based on Webkit, and cybercriminals have a widespread population to attack.
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