scaling enterprise solutions = exploits (unfortunatly) …
… Several flaws in the popular Google Desktop software could open PCs up to intruders and possible data theft, a security company has warned.
The search giant has released patches for the issues, which were reported by Watchfire in a paper published Wednesday (PDF and demonstration). One of the problems is a cross-site scripting flaw that could let an outsider look through files on a compromised machine.
Google Desktop applies the same technology found in Google’s search engine to let users try to find items on their PC and on shared networked computers. The tool indexes and combs through e-mails, documents and files on the user’s PC and stores Web pages as part of its approach. …
Source : Cnetnews.com
