Google Chrome 2011 Update: WebKit Security Fix After Pwn2Own

Although Chrome wasn't attacked directly at the contest, Google has released an update for the Windows, Linux and Mac OS X versions of its browser. The update closes a hole in WebKit that was originally exploited in Blackberry devices Independently of the Pwn2Own contest, developers Vincenzo Iozzo, Ralf Philipp Weinmann and Willem Pinckaers, who discovered the hole, will be awarded $1,337 through Google's Bug Bounty Program.

However, the hole has yet to be closed in BlackBerry, Safari, Mobile Safari, Android and other WebKit-based products. BlackBerry is planning an update, but Apple only recently released new versions of Safari and iOS to close security issues in various Apple products.

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