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Google's new browser has vulnerabilities, researcher claims

Google's new web browser, Chrome has been faulted by online security experts, who are claiming it can be exploited by hackers.

One security researcher has said vulnerabilities in the new web browser can leave internet users exposed to online threats by allowing malicious code to seep through, reports PC Advisor.

This is because Google uses an older version of WebKit, a browser technology said to contain a similar vulnerability. It has also been reported that hackers can be able to crash the browser.

Online security researcher Aviv Raff, who discovered some of the vulnerabilities, stated: "Security wise, it's very problematic."

"They'll have to track all security vulnerabilities in those features, and fix them in Chrome too. This will probably be only after those vulnerabilities were fixed by the other vendors or were publicly reported. It will put Chrome users at risk for a long time."

The comments come just a day after the browser was released in beta.

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