New Mac OS exploit ...... Now Patched!

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Extremely critical Mac OS X zero-day exploit released! :frowning:

Read about it at these links …

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=163&tag=nl.e589

http://secunia.com/advisories/18963/

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Wow it doesn’t get much worse then that, I guess not even OS X is perfect, also a Worm for OS X now. To me it seems more and more hackers are starting to target OS X along with Windows.

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To me it seems more and more hackers are starting to target OS X along with Windows.
That's the price of fame. The more popular the OS becomes, the more time will be devoted towards finding exploits.
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Hello,

That is 100% right! But what I don’t understand it why do they want to do that, OS X is not used as much as Windows.

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Well, it is more popular than it use to be … and MAC users & fans have long said how impenetrable OS X is.

Now, some are taking up that challenge. :-\

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Hello,

Nothing is impenetrable and people will now begin to see that.

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That’s true, Justin. I have said more than once on here … “What one person can code, another can break. It is only a matter of time.”

Even so, I hate it for our friend, MAC … as well as other Apple users. :frowning:

By the way, where is MAC? ???

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I have not see MAC for a while but I have not been on the forums for a while either.

Also MAC will just need to play it smart on how he goes on the internet. That is until Apple comes out with a patch.

Oh and just wondering for my own intrest, does anyone make an Antispyware application for OS X?

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I am right here charley, work has kept me tied up lately. There is a worm for OS X now and although it has a bug that keeps it from spreading the way the author intended it is the first real piece of malware for mac OS X also note that only mac OS X tiger is affected as the worm uses spotlight technology

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Hiya Mac!

Sorry ya having to work so much … but glad to see ya back posting! :wink:

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Hello Mac,

Even though this is the 1st real piece of malware I expect for much more to come (of course I doubt it will top how much malware there is for Windows)

Welcome back Mac, take it easy.

~Justin1278

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Mac OS exploit has patch/update available. Read about it below …

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6044945.html?tag=nl.e589

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A word about the patch, safari users will need to update their add-ons after the update