The Reg has a piece about the Apple patches that were released last week. The vulnerabilities included the Safari browser, Apple Mail and others.
Users who haven’t had their OS software updated automatically through the Apple Update service are advised to apply security patches, as explained in an Apple’s technical advisory here. Security clearing house US CERT further advises Safari fans to disable the “Open ’safe’ files after downloading” option on their browser, as an added precaution.
Quicktime did not escape scrutiny either. There is an upgrade for that as well. Be a smart user and stay on top of your security patches.
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US CERT Advisory
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Tags: Apple, Mac OS X, Security, Vulnerability
