IE Design Flaw Lets Hacker Crack Google Desktop

[Mysterious Benefactor]

An Israeli hacker pinpoints a vulnerability in the cross-domain protections in Internet Explorer and publishes a proof-of-concept exploit to show how Google Desktop, even on a fully patched IE browser, can be cracked to hijack sensitive user data.
(Sure, much of that may sound like gibberish to some - but the important thing is that if you use the Google Desktop, a hacker could exploit it to hijack your sensitive data.)

Check out: IE Design Flaw Lets Hacker Crack Google Desktop

[Patti Feinberg]

MB...I perused the article.

I'm just not sure what Google Desktop is; is it the same as me going to Google to search for something?

Thanks for the info,

Patti

[Midnite]

Since you're familiar with Google search, Patti, you can answer your own question by entering any of these search parameters:

Google Desktop
define: Google Desktop
"Google Desktop"
define: "Google Desktop"

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Follow-up article:


Google has made an adjustment to its Google Desktop application to protect users from a design flaw in Internet Explorer that remains unpatched. Check out: Google Desktop Tweaked to Avoid IE Flaw