Anusha
02-23-2007, 08:18 AM
As there's a new security flaw afoot!
Google has fixed a security flaw in its desktop search software that created a means for hackers to rifle through personal files on users' PCs.
A failure in Google Desktop to "properly encode output containing malicious or unexpected characters" created a means for hackers to cross from the web environment to the desktop application environment.
Source: The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/21/google_desktop_search_bug/)
Google has fixed a security flaw in its desktop search software that created a means for hackers to rifle through personal files on users' PCs.
A failure in Google Desktop to "properly encode output containing malicious or unexpected characters" created a means for hackers to cross from the web environment to the desktop application environment.
Source: The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/21/google_desktop_search_bug/)