Official warning on Mac code bug
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The top US computer security watchdog issues a warning about a flaw in Apple's OS X software.
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New software addresses a vulnerability that allowed previous versions to crash and execute arbitrary code.
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Apple issues patch for iTunes to prevent attacks. Also: Identity thief gets jail time.
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Five uber updates in as many months Apple has released an update that patches more than a dozen OS X vulnerabilities, several of which can lead to the remote execution of malicious code.â¦
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TechWeb - A new proof-of-concept code is circulating for a Firefox vulnerability that was fixed in Mozilla's security update that was released last week.
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After issuing seven patches as part of its monthly round of updates earlier this week, Microsoft recalled a fix for the Mac version of its Microsoft Office productivity suite. According to a posting on Microsoft's Security Response Center site, the updates were "accidentally published" before full testing was complete.
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Recently posted document throws a little light on a key feature of the next edition of Mac OS X.
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PC Magazine - The security update, which aims to fix 12 flaws in the company's Mac operating systems, comes at a time when Apple's security practices have come under an increasing amount of scrutiny.
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TechWeb - Microsoft's Mac development group urged users who had installed an inadvertently-posted bug fix last week to download the new update.
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Windows browser not 'secure from day one' Three days after unleashing a bug-infested beta of its Safari browser on Windows users, Apple has released an update plugging three serious holes that could allow miscreants to commandeer a user's machine.â¦
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TechWeb - The vulnerability affects both Windows and Mac OS X versions of Apple's QuickTime software.
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(InfoWorld) - Apple is becoming a favorite target of security researchers these days. In April, there was the $10,000 CanSecWest hack a Mac contest, and on Monday, there was the Safari Web browser. Or the public beta of Safari for Windows, anyway. Just hours after Apple released its first Windows beta of Safari, researcher Aviv Raff said he'd found a bug. In an interview, Raff said that it took about three minutes of fuzzing to find the bug and that he hadn't tested the issue on Mac OS X. So he couldn't say whether or not it affected Safari on Windows only. The bug causes the browser to crash and "might be exploitable," according to Raff, meaning it could possibly be used to run malware on the PC. Raff was clearly unhappy with Apple's claim that Safari was designed to be "secure from day one" (he called this claim "pathetic"), but he said he wasn't particularly going after Apple. "I don't pick just on Apple," he said. "I've posted about Microsoft and Mozilla issues too." "Everyone has bugs, but not everyone says that they are 'designed to be secured from day one,'" he added. "I guess it's day zero now."
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InfoWorld - Security researchers have jumped on Apple&#39;s beta version of the Safari browser, digging up as many as 18 bugs in the software, just one day after its release.
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p2pnet.net News:- Apple Computer has issued a patch for 15 Mac OS X security flaws. But, &quot;It ain&#39;t us - it&#39;s them!&quot; - it&#39;s saying of some of the problems, &#39;them&#39; being certain open source components.
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Mac OS X 10.4.8 fixes several flaws that could lead to remote code execution, the company says.
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The bug fixes kept coming Monday, as Apple shipped critical security updates for its Mac OS X operating system.The latest security updates fix 11&#160;bugs in the Mac operating system, including eight bugs in the recently released Mac OS X 10.5, known as &quot;Leopard.&quot; Apple released the security fixes in conjunction with an 10.5.2 update to Leopard, which includes dozens of other updates.Some of the security flaws are extremely serious, and could be exploited by hackers to run unauthorized software on a victim&#39;s computer, although Apple did not report any incidents of this occurring.The patches include fixes for Safari, Mail, Launch Services, the Mac OS Directory Services, Open Directory and Parental Controls. There are also patches for several Unix components that ship with Apple&#39;s software, including a recently patched flaw in the Samba file-and-print software.&quot;The Samba bug was expected, since all the open-source distributions released fixes a while ago,&quot; said Andrew Storms, nCircle&#39;s director of security operations, via instant message.It&#39;s been a busy time for software developers working on some widely used software products.Apple&#39;s patches come a day before&#160;Microsoft is set to issue a massive set of updates&#160;itself. Last week, the software vendor said it expected to release 12 security updates for a variety of products including critical updates for Windows, Internet Explorer and Office.Last week other&#160;critical patches were also released for Adobe Reader&#160;and Apple&#39;s QuickTime media player.&#160;
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Hot Fuzz Security hunters have discovered numerous bugs in a Windows version of Safari, hours after Apple released a beta version of the browser into the wild.â¦