A flaw with Internet Explorer's handling of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) could lead to information theft from Google Desktop and other programs. Visiting a malicious web page with IE could lead to security implications, a security researcher Likewise, Google has begun to delve into researcher Matan Gillon's findings. A proof of concept example created by Gillon demonstrated what could happen to a user visiting a web page crafted to take example of the problem: He crafted a web page that - when viewed in IE on a computer with Google Desktop installed - uses the search tool and returns results for the query "password". To exploit the flaw, an attacker has to lure a victim to a malicious web page. "Thousands of websites can be exploited, and there isn't a simple solution against this attack, at least until IE is fixed," Gillon wrote. The problem will probably give more fuel to the PR machines and fans of browsers like Opera, and their claims of possessing better security than IE. In fact, one rumor making the rounds has here
IE Extends Google Desktop To Cracking
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