Just one day after a security researcher showed how Google Inc.’s Firefox toolbar could be exploited in an online attack, a similar flaw has been discovered in the Google Desktop. On Thursday, Google ...

Google Desktop, which extends Google's Web search and indexing functions to local PC hard drives, is susceptible to a cross-site scripting attack (XSS) because of its failure to properly encode output ...

Google has improved its Google Desktop PC and Web search application by adding to it a panel that provides information from a variety of sources, the Mountain View, Calif., company announced Monday.

Last week, we alerted readers to potential security problems that might arise from blending SSL VPNs with Google Desktop Search. Since Google’s search tool caches and indexes everything that goes on a ...

Google Desktop Search is a great tool for finding stuff on a PC, but it can also be a threat to SSL remote access security. The search tool doesn’t have any known exploitable vulnerabilities, but it ...

The new software aims to make search a more personalized experience with the inclusion of a Sidebar panel. The Sidebar features several miniapplications that return or retain information based on ...

Google Inc. plans to launch a Linux version of Google Desktop on Wednesday, almost three years after the product’s launch for the Windows operating system. The application, designed for indexing and ...