Possible Google toolbar hacking
Date: December 22, 2007Source: news.digitaltrends.com
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Google has an API that allows users to create toolbar buttons, with the information stored in an XML file. A user needs to use a link to the XML file to install it.
The problem, researcher Aviv Raff found, occurs after someone clicks on that link, which is supposed to give information about the button. But an astute hacker can throw in a spoof redirected link instead, so instead of the button coming from Google, it comes from the hacker and could contain malware.
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