Winking at the Insecure

Microsoft confirmed on Thursday that it has suspended the beta release of MSN Messenger 7.0 due to a potential security hole affecting one of the program's features.

The security concern stems from a feature called "winks," essentially Flash-based animated buddy icons with sound effects that users can send one another. Apparently hackers can exploit the hole to send their own unauthorized winks to people, causing a "security problem" for the recipient, a Microsoft representative said.

Imagine the possibilities! Though I think the most popular themes would be penetration-animations-and-dirty-talk, and George W. Bush saying something typical untrue misleading stupid.