Google patch here, Google patch there, Google patch everywhere

Man, even with the good stuff out there, something has to come up wrong with it. The Industry Standard reports that Google has recently had to patch a hole that could allow potential script to be run so that hackers can modify the content of the Google search results page.

Well they got that patch in place, but now it looks like there may be another problem. This sucks, ya know? It seems like the more patching that is done, the more futile it becomes. I guess a success story like Google is nothing more than a double edged sword. On the one side you have all of the benefits of a powerful search engine and on the other side you have all of the exploits that end up being discovered.

Search engine darling Google Inc. has patched a hole in its search engine the could have allowed malicious hackers to modify the content of the Google search results page or silently modify search results, but a new hole may have already appeared.

The vulnerability concerns the Google Custom WebSearch service, which allows third-party Web portals and other Web sites to use Google’s servers to search content on their Web site. A flaw in Google’s Web servers allowed malicious hackers to insert javascript instead of links to image files, allowing them to alter the appearance of the Google search results page or steal search data. After being alerted to the hole, Google fixed the vulnerability, said Nathan Tyler, a Google spokesman.

“Google was recently alerted to a potential security vulnerability affecting users of our website. We have since fixed this vulnerability, and all current and future Google.com users are protected,” Tyler said.