Major flaw found in Google Desktop
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Computer scientists have discovered a potentially serious flaw in Google&#39;s desktop search utility that could allow attackers to steal information.
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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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Security researchers say that Google Desktop is vulnerable to a new type of attack -- the second such disclosure this week.
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Google Desktop is vulnerable to a Web-based attack that could give an attacker access to data indexed by the software, say security researchers.
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Security Flaw Found in Google Desktop Search  Google practically sparked the fire in the dynamite called Desktop Search genre. Since then, we have seen entry of Microsoft with MSN Desktop Search and Ask Jeeves. Yahoo! would be releasing their version using X1 technology next month. But Googleâs own entry has not ...
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The glitch, which could permit an attacker to secretly search the contents of a personal computer via the Internet, is the kind of flaw that emerges when separate components interact.
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Unpatched Windows machines are vulnerable to latest adware attack
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Google confirmed the findings of a security researcher who warned that a security hole in the Google Toolbar could be exploited to download malicious files or launch phishing attacks.
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Researchers at Rice University have discovered what they say is a flaw in the beta version of Google's Desktop Search product that could allow third parties to access users' search result summaries, providing a sneak peek at part of the content of personal files.
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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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Just one day after Google's Firefox toolbar was revealed to have vulnerabilities that could be exploited in an online attack, a similar flaw has been discovered in Google Desktop.
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Zero-day spectre haunts spreadsheets Microsoft has warned of an unpatched vulnerability in its Office productivity suite.â¦
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Penetrated via a persistent backdoor Yesterday, we reported on an unholy trinity of Google vulnerabilities that put emails, private photos and website security at risk. Today came word of a new weakness that makes it easy for bad guys to silently put a backdoor in Gmail accounts.â¦
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Blog: Although rare, a sophisticated attacker could perform a man-in-the-middle attack using Google Desktop.
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People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new security risk to worry about: Google&#39;s free new tool that indexes a PC&#39;s contents for quickly finding data.
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Plus: Google apps for your site, and HP's pretexting debacle.
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Update to "critical" Internet Explorer patch repairs a serious security flaw introduced by the original version.