oogle Inc. on Tuesday said vulnerabilities in its software had been fixed and criticized their revelation online over the holiday weekend.
Bloggers who write about the internet search giant had reported security holes that would allow a specially crafted website to obtain the Gmail contact lists of users who have logged into the free e-mail service or other services such as Blogger that require people to sign into their Google accounts.
People could also gain access to the contact lists by copying and pasting a piece of computer code into a web browser.
The flaw could have enabled an attacker to send malicious messages that contain viruses or other malware to people on an exposed contact list.
good thing i don't have a gmail account. it's also a good think Google patched up that little leak in their system, could have been bad news if someone had exploited it.
I believe this is the first security leak from Google since they launched Gmail and their other services, correct me if I am wrong. Could have turned out nasty for thousands of users.
That is scary, but i still feel safer with gmail than with the other big email networks. Hope they do sit on their toes, because with most people putting their faith, and sometimes their money on them, you could easily make someone lose everything.
