All of you Google toolbar users should listen up! According to this news item there is a flaw in the popular toolbar that could allow criminals to steal data or install malicious software on a system. The bug isn't considered “critical†yet only because it takes so many steps to actually fall victim to an attack.
Because the toolbar does not perform adequate checks when new buttons are being installed, a hacker could make his button appear as though it was being downloaded from a legitimate site when in fact it came from somewhere else. By spoofing the origin of the toolbar button, an attacker could download malicious files or launch a phishing attack against the victim, wrote security researcher Aviv Raff in a blog post on the issue.
Google Toolbar Flaw Opens Door for Phishers - www.Tech-Dump.com
Google Toolbar Flaw Opens Door for Phishers - www.Tech-Dump.com
