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Google security problems, first desktop search, now Gmail
Jan 12 2005-Two hackers announced today that an improperly formatted message allowed Gmail users to receive the last message processed by the server.
The hackers discovered the flaw when the left off the ">" from the end of an email address, they received what looked like random information, but soon realized that it was someone else's email message.
Google admitted that the server had a problem and had it fixed by the end of the day today.
Google has been getting hit with more and more security issues, no doubt because people are looking at their stuff harder trying to find flaws, just as everyone does with Microsoft. A virus recently used to google to find vulnerable hosts, and their was also the problem with their desktop search application which left computers open to attack.
Related articles from other news sites:
Gmail glitch yields access to messages A problem with Google's e-mail service, Gmail, let any user query the company's servers for information on the last message sent, two hackers announced on Wednesday.
The programmers, part of a community site dedicated to the Unix-like FreeBSD operating system, found that an improperly formatted address allowed Gmail users to retrieve the message body of the last HTML-formatted e-mail processed by the server.
Google's search for security When the Santy.A worm started spreading on Tuesday, Mikko Hypponen knew he had a way to stop the worm in its tracks. The only problem: He had trouble finding the right people to talk to at Google.
The Santy worm used the search engine to select potential victims. Armed with the list, the worm sent code designed to compromise the potentially vulnerable sites. Because its search engine was a linchpin for the attack, if Google had been ready for the eventuality, the company could have stopped the worm cold, said Hypponen, the research director for antivirus company F-Secure.
Google: We've fixed desktop search tool flaw Google says it has fixed a flaw that could have allowed hackers to search the contents of PCs running the company's desktop search tool.
According to a statement issued Monday by the Web search company, it has rolled out a fix for the vulnerability. The flaw in the tool was discovered in late November by a Rice University computer scientist and two of his students.
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