Dashboard, one of the much-publicized features of Apple Computer"s latest OS, Tiger, could be ripe for exploitation by porn scammers.
Apple has been encouraging developers to create new widgets for Tiger"s Dashboard-—a semi-transparent layer of everyday, often-used applications such as a calculator or currency converter that appears over the user"s desktop—-but within days of its public release, one developer claims to have already found a way to turn widgets into potential malware.
Developer Stephan, who has posted the widgets to his blog, has created two mini-apps which he describes as "slightly evil." One widget, he says, will automatically install itself on users" desktops when his "Zaptastic" Web site is visited using Apple"s Safari browser.