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Security Issues Call for Disabling WebGL PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 14 May 2011 11:00

Context Information Security a security consulting firm stated that the WebGL standard for the Web with which 3D-graphics could be turned on any PC running a suitable Web-browser was risky since it let the content in that browser to nearly straight away gain admission into the graphics hardware of the system. V3.co.uk published this on May 9, 2011.


Often the said graphics hardware isn't developed because of security reasons; therefore the associated API regards all software as trustworthy, while really that mayn't be so which puts the computer in danger of attack.

And when such an attack is executed, it can wholly stop the end-user from managing to access his PC thus resulting in the OS (operating system) to collapse via the proliferation of malware, or become benign to programs wherein driver code may've been erroneous leading to possible exploitable situations.

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