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A critical bug in QuickTime was reported to Apple two months before a second researcher independently Friday the vulnerability this week, the director of a bug bounty program said.
The duplicate discovery was just one of an increasing number of overlapping vulnerability reports that show vendors must patch faster, said Aaron Portnoy, security team lead for [...] Read more »

Posted on September 8th, 2010 under Consumer Cyber Alert, Security News. Tags: aplle quicktime, Apple, quicktime bug, security update, software patch, software vulnerability. Comments: None

Apple has released a security update to its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a number of critical security issues in the software.
The update, released early Tuesday afternoon, Pacific time, fixes 13 bugs in various OS X components, including core components such as Apple Type Services and CFNetwork. It’s Apple’s fifth OS X security update [...] Read more »

Posted on August 27th, 2010 under Consumer Cyber Alert, MAC, Security News. Tags: Apple, Mac, mac os bugs, mac os security flaw, Mac Os X, mac os x updates, Security. Comments: None

Speaking at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), COO Kevin Turner told attendees that Microsoft’s archrival Apple is now No. 1 in software vulnerabilities, with database rival Oracle in the No. 2 spot. It’s a tantalizing claim and good marketing for Microsoft, but does it point to deeper truths about the challenges Microsoft faces?
I’m not [...] Read more »

Posted on July 23rd, 2010 under Apple, Cyber Security, Security News. Tags: Apple, Microsoft, Security Bug, Security Flaw, software vulnerability. Comments: None

As part of the iOS 4 upgrade, Apple patched a record 65 vulnerabilities in the iPhone, more than half of them critical.
Apple released iOS 4 for the iPhone 3G and 3GS, and the second- and third-generation iPod Touch.
However, the first-generation iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as the much newer iPad , may be vulnerable [...] Read more »

Posted on July 5th, 2010 under Consumer Cyber Alert, Security News. Tags: Apple, apple ipad, apple iphone, iphone patch, Security Vulnerability, Vulnerability. Comments: None

Code inject and info flaws fixed
Apple published an update of its Safari browser on Thursday that plugs 16 security vulnerabilities.
Safari 4.0.5, available for Mac OS X and Windows, fixes a slew of critical code injection and information disclosure bugs. Unpatched Windows boxes running Safari are more exposed than their Mac counterparts by flaws that mean [...] Read more »

Posted on March 31st, 2010 under Browsers, Exploits & Hacks. Tags: Apple, Boxes, Critical Bugs, Critical Code, Information Disclosure, Mac Os X, Os X, Safari Browser, Security Bugs, Security Vulnerabilities, Surfers, Update Browser, Windows Fixes. Comments: None