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Apple Security updates available

September 11, 2009

Apple has issued security updates for the Mac OS X operating system. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3864 http://support.apple.com/downloads/ About the security content of QuickTime 7.6.4 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3859 About the security content of iPhone OS 3.1 and iPhone OS 3.1.1 for iPod touch http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860 September 2nd, 2009 by Graham Cluley, Sophos. Apple ships a known vulnerable version of Flash with [...]

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The Register: Apple looking into anti-malware protection

August 26, 2009

Apple commercials portray the Mac as an operating system free of malware threats, interesting to see this report at the Register. “Apple sneaks malware protection into Snow Leopard Coverage goes only so far” http://certifiedbug.com/blog/tag/apple/

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Apple patches security holes in iTunes QuickTime

June 2, 2009

About the security content of iTunes 8.2 Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. Fixes a stack buffer overflow. About the security content of QuickTime 7.6.2 Fixes a number of security vulnerabilities. Apple Security Updates

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Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard Update, users report issues

December 17, 2008

A day after the update was released via Apple’s download service, users reported problems with most centering on Operating System freezes and ‘Blue Screens of Death’. Information Week Ironically Apple poked fun at Windows with a Blue Screen of Death Easter Egg in the final release of Leopard.

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iTunes 8- connecting ipod causing BSOD on Vista

September 10, 2008

Lots of unhappy campers. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1701063&tstart=0 Update. Apple reissued iTunes to fix the BSOD issue on Windows Vista due to iTunes buggy drivers. Article: TS2280 However there are now two different versions of software and drivers named version 8, the buggy one and the ‘update’ using older editions from July. If you were one of those [...]

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Safari update fixes “carpet bomb”

June 21, 2008

Apple had previously said that the vunerability, found by security consultant Nitesh Dhanjani and dubbed the”carpet bombing” bug, would not be treated as a security issue, but rather filed as an enhancement request. Certifiedbug: Apple’s Safari Carpet Bomb A second researcher, Aviv Raff, found a way to execute files on the desktop without notifying the [...]

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Apple’s Safari Carpet Bomb

May 15, 2008

Nitesh Dhanjani released his research on issues within Apple’s Safari browser today. Apprantly Apple has decided not to fix two of the issues and gave Dhanjani permission to discuss them with the security community. 1. Safari Carpet Bomb. It is possible for a rogue website to litter the user’s Desktop (Windows) or Downloads directory (~/Downloads/ [...]

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Apple Safari 3.1 for Windows, new vulnerabilities

March 25, 2008

Apple Engineers designed Safari to be secure from day one. Secunia Advisory: SA29483 Release Date: 2008-03-24 Safari Address Bar Spoofing and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities Highly critical Impact: Spoofing System access Where: From remote Solution Status: Unpatched Description: Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian has discovered two vulnerabilities in Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to [...]

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Say what?

March 23, 2008

Joe Wilcox Too Much Safari 3.1 Nonsense Every developer shipping updaters should follow Apple’s approach. Are you listening Adobe? You have got to be kidding, suggesting Adobe listen up and push more crud our way? February 28, 2008. PayPal warns: Steer clear of Apple’s Safari browser

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What’s Up Apple, I don’t want Safari

March 21, 2008

Apple is taking advantage of its Software Update program, in my case for iTunes, to barge its way onto computers and push Safari 3.1 Web browser for Mac OS and Windows XP/Vista. It’s bad enough I have to take QuickTime along with iTunes, but really this is too much. The nag comes up with every [...]

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