Friday, March 03, 2006
Apple patches it security flaws
According to vnunet.com computer manufacturer has Apple has released a security update that patches 20 holes in its OS X operating system and bundled applications. Apparently, Malware writers have released several high profile viruses in recent weeks, and security experts disclosed last week that they had found a critical security hole in the operating system.
The patch fixes the recently reported Leap-A and Safari security vulnerabilities and also contains a fix for a flaw in the browser Safari as well as changes to some OS X security settings to protect users against worms such as Leap-A that were detected last month.
Users can install the update through the auto update feature in the operating system or by downloading the patch from Apple's website here.
