Macworld: News: Dashboard: Widget (In)Security

Macworld: News: Dashboard: Widget (In)Security: "A new Web page documents an issue with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger’s new Dashboard feature that, left unchecked, could potentially be exploited by malware developers, according to the page’s author. The exploit is described and demonstrated on a page called Zaptastic: Blueprint for a widget of mass destruction. Going by the nom de plume of Stephan.com, the author has described how Safari 2.0’s default preference settings could lead users to unwittingly download and install a Dashboard widget."