Monday, December 20, 2004

Google Search Tool Flawed

Google desktop search flawed

A Rice University computer scientist and two of his students discovered a potentially serious security flaw in the desktop search tool recently distributed by Google, a newspaper report said Monday.
The glitch, which could permit an attacker to secretly search the contents of a personal computer via the Internet, is what computer scientists call a composition flaw, the New York Times said.

Google has begun distributing a new version of the desktop search engine that repairs the potential security hole.
New Version Here.


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