http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/a-rough-week-for-google-security/ A SearchSecurity.com blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:28:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/a-rough-week-for-google-security/#comment-403 Google fixes Gmail zero-day — Security Bytes Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:51:10 +0000 http://security.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/09/27/a-rough-week-for-google-security/#comment-403 [...]  The Gmail flaw was one of several Google security problems researchers have disclosed in the past couple weeks. It all illustrates the dangers users face in the Web 2.0 world. I talked to several security researchers this past month for a story I’m writing for Information Security magazine, and they all said that they worry the most about these types of flaws. Web 2.0 applications are being produced and released at a fast and furious pace to feed demand, and security has been an afterthought. At the same time, the hacking community is working diligently to create Web 2.0 attack kits. [...] [...]  The Gmail flaw was one of several Google security problems researchers have disclosed in the past couple weeks. It all illustrates the dangers users face in the Web 2.0 world. I talked to several security researchers this past month for a story I’m writing for Information Security magazine, and they all said that they worry the most about these types of flaws. Web 2.0 applications are being produced and released at a fast and furious pace to feed demand, and security has been an afterthought. At the same time, the hacking community is working diligently to create Web 2.0 attack kits. [...]

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