Tag: vulnerability

Apple dismisses Safari vulnerability

May 16th, 2008 by Elinor Mills

Safari users are at risk of littering their desktops with malicious software because the browser does not ask for user permission when downloading files.

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Video: See how iPhone exploit works

July 27th, 2007 by Staff writers

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Safari browser of the iPhone, and this video is a brief demonstration of how it works. More details are set to be announced at this year's Black Hat security conference.

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Apple releases security update for Mac OS X and OS X Server v. 10.4.11

May 29th, 2008 by Elinor Mills

Apple has released a hefty security update for the Mac OS X and OS X Server that fixes more than 40 vulnerabilities, a number of which could be exploited to enable someone to run programs on the machine remotely or lead to the disclosure of sensitive data.

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Apple fixes Safari, scores 5bn iTunes downloads

June 20th, 2008 by Robert Vamosi and Jonathan Skillings

Apple on Thursday released a new version of Safari for Windows that includes a security fix for a high-profile carpet-bombing desktop attack vulnerability.

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Apple releases 'huge' Mac OS X update

May 30th, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Apple has released an update to Mac OS X patching over 40 security holes.

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Apple plugs 'gone in 30 seconds' Safari flaw

April 18th, 2008 by Marcus Browne

Apple has released another round of security patches for its Web browser this week, targeting a vulnerability which allowed a Macbook air to be hacked and two deficiencies in the Windows-only version of the software.

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Web code locks up iPhones and iPod Touch

March 19th, 2008 by Robert Vamosi

A new exploit will either lock up your iPhone or iPod Touch or crash your Safari browser on your PC or Mac OS desktop if you simply visit a maliciously coded Web site.

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Apple updates Quicktime 7.2 with eight security fixes

July 12th, 2007 by Robert Vamosi

In addition to providing full-screen viewing and various iPhone options, the latest version of Quicktime 7.2 includes eight important security fixes. This update affects users of Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9, as well as users of Windows XP and Windows Vista. The ...

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Apple releases Tiger, Leopard security updates

December 18th, 2007 by Tom Krazit

It's download time again for Mac OS X users, as 31 new security-related fixes for both Tiger and Leopard were made available by Apple this week.

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Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X flaws

April 20th, 2007 by Joris Evers

Apple on Thursday issued a security update for Mac OS X that addresses 25 security flaws in the operating system software.

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