At the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas demonstrated the vulnerability that allows access to information and personal data of the owners of notebooks with the new ' cloud ' operating system, Chrome OS, RIA ...
The experts Matt Johanson and Kyle Osborne managed to crack a laptop with Chrome OS, using the pre- application to work with Google Docs. During the Black Hat experts demonstrated to his colleagues the possibility of theft of e-mails, address book entries, messages in the Google Voice and Google Docs documents.
At the same time Google declares high level of security as one of the key features of Chrome OS. Sales of notebooks based on the Chrome OS made by Samsung and Acer have begun in the U.S. and other countries in the early summer, in Russia they are waiting for the fall. If Google does not fix the vulnerability quickly and find the attackers, they can get access to information, the owners of such computers, says Venture Beat.
The platform for personal computers Chrome OS uses other basic principles than conventional operating systems like Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac OS X. It is based on the eponymous browser and allows the use of key business applications over the Internet without storing them on your hard disk, t. e. instead of buying software applications, Google offers users to rent them in the form of web services. Basic services are free while.
According to Google, it will save time and resources of computers used to install and update applications, files, backups, virus protection, etc. n.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin says Chrome OS provides users with equal opportunities, a more simple and clear -to-use environment than, for example, Windows 7. designed for notebooks, develops at the same time Google OS Android, designed for smartphones and Tablet PCs.
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook is equipped with 12.1-inch display with 1280 x 800 pixels, 2 -core processor Intel Atom N570 with a frequency of 1.66 GHz, two USB 2. 0, the card reader, port, Mini-VGA, HD- camera, microphone, full-size keyboard and touchpad. The RAM is 2 GB solid state drive - 16 GB. Weight machine - 1.48 kg. Claimed battery life - up to 8.5 hours.
Acer Cromia has a smaller screen (11.6 inches ), but with higher resolution (1366 x 768 pixels ). It also uses two -core Intel Atom processor and SSD-drive to 16 GB and the RAM is also equal to 2 GB. Feature is the presence of Acer Cromia HDMI and webcam with higher resolution. Battery life - up to 6 hours.
Experts tehnoblog Engadget, tested the ' hrombuk ' Samsung, notes a long battery life and reasonable price, but believe that because of the rather limited functionality, such devices are suited to a narrow range of buyers, especially fans of technological innovations, or those who plan to use them .