Google fixed flaw in Google Desktop Search
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Google fixed a flaw in its Google Desktop Search(GDS)that could have given hackers access to users&#39; local searches, officials said Monday.
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BOSTON -- A potentially devastating hole in Google Inc.'s prevalent desktop search product could have exposed personal files on users' computers to data thieves. Google fixed the defect within weeks of being informed about it and says it has no evidence the vulnerability was exploited.
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By BRIAN BERGSTEIN BOSTON - A potentially devastating hole in Google Inc.'s prevalent desktop search product could have exposed personal files on users' computers to data thieves.
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Blog: Here's a follow up to a blog of a few days ago outlining workaround until Google issues a patch.
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Google has patched a hole in its search engine that could have allowed malicious hackers to modify the content of the Google search results page or silently modify search results.
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Google Inc.  on Thursday rolled out a preliminary version of its new desktop search tool, making the first move against its major competitors in the race to provide tools for finding information buried in computer hard drives.
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Google has patched a potentially dangerous vulnerability in its Google Desktop software that security experts say could have put the sensitive information of millions of users at risk.
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Google&#39;s (Quote, Chart) Desktop Search application, released today, sorts through desktop files of all sorts, as well as AOL Instant Messenger chats and Web sites the user has visited.
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It now feels amazing how we have lived without this particular feature since ages now. Google introduced desktop searching to the world in spite of the fact lesser-known products existed since a long time.
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Google said it fixed a bug yesterday in its Web-based e-mail service, Gmail, that allowed users to read the contents of other people's messages.
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A potential security flaw has been found in Google&#39;s Desktop Search by a Rice University professor and two of his students. A hacker could use the glitch to search the content of someone&#39;s computer via the internet.
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The much hyped Desktop Search Tool (DST) of Google is found to have a critical security flaw. The flaw was discovered by Rice Universityâs computer scientist Dan Wallach and his two graduate students, Seth Fogarty and Seth Nielson.
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Google said Monday that it has fixed a security flaw in its new desktop computer search tool that could have allowed attackers to read parts of files stored on a user&#39;s computer.
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(InfoWorld) - Google has released a new version of its desktop search tool, adding a preview feature to help find information more quickly and making some improvements to the interface design. The update, Google Desktop Version 5, also has some new security features to fight phishing and other online attacks. Its release comes after security researchersÂ reported some security holesÂ in the search tool last month. Google Desktop is a free tool that indexes the content on a PC, including e-mail, text documents and Web pages visited, and makes it available for searching. It also includes "gadgets," or small applications that sit on the desktop and display news headlines, a calendar, a to-do list and other information. MicrosoftÂ and Yahoo offer competing tools, here and here. A search in Google Desktop produces a list of results, including the file name and a snippet of the text. Several results can sometimes look similar, so Google has added a preview tool in version 5 that can show the contents of a file without having to launch the application it was created with, it said. The update also aims to fight phishing and malicious code hidden in Web sites. If a user clicks on a Web link in an email or other document, the new Google Desktop will alert the user if it thinks the Web site is going to try to steal information or download malicious code. Version 5 also updates the sidebar, a vertical control panel on the left of the screen. It can now "sample" the color of wallpaper on a PC and change its color to blend in, Google said. It also updates the appearance of the gadgets to make them easier to sort through and view. The new version, which is still in beta like a lot of other Google software, was announced Tuesday in the Google Desktop Blog. Google Desktop has come under fire from security researchers in recent weeks. In February, researchers at Watchfire said they'd found a flaw that could allow attackers to read files or run unauthorized software on systems running Google Desktop.Â Google patched the flaw, but the researchers said the software could be vulnerable to similar threats in the future. They reported a second flaw later in the month, and Google began investigating it. Google is also trying to enter the broader desktop productivity market. Last month it launched a suite of Web-based software called Google Apps Premier Edition, which analysts say could become a competitor to Microsoft Office. Â
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Researchers at Rice University on Monday made public a bug in Google Desktop Search that could let hackers secretly search the contents of a user&#39;s hard drive.
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The logic behind Google (GOOG ) Desktop Search is simple enough: Why shouldn&#39;t the best tool for finding things on the Web do equally well at helping people search their own computers?
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Shortly after the discovery of a potentially harmful flaw in Google&#39;s beta Desktop Search software, the search firm announced on Monday that a fix for the problem has already been developed and automatically pushed out to users.