Morpheus file-sharing ‘safe’ says BBC

The popular file-sharing service Morpheus has denied reports of a security hole in its software.
The company behind Morpheus, Streamcast Networks, said in a statement that there had never been a security breach in Morpheus since its introduction in April 2001. However, members of the computer security group 2600 said on Sunday that they had found a way of exploiting the way the file-sharing software works to gain access to more than just music or video files on a user’s hard drive. The exploit, first reported by BBC News Online, appears to be a result of the way people have set up the program. It means that potentially millions of people who have downloaded Morpheus may be accidentally sharing more files on their computer than they intended. Leading file-sharing expert Jack Spratts said: “It seems to be a vulnerability exclusively for those inexperienced enough to share entire drives.” “For those caught unaware, this exploit can be catastrophic, regardless of how much responsibility they share in their own misfortune,” he told BBC News Online. Read the rest of the story here.