Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Apple Fixes More Than 90 Security Vulnerabilities in Mac OS X

KrebsOnSecurity.com: Apple released a software update on Monday that includes fixes for a massive number of security vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and associated software. ... The update corrects more than 90 security flaws and weaknesses in a variety of Apple and third-party products included in versions of OS X, such as ClamAV, Firewall, iChat, Mail, PHP and QuickTime. ... Updates are available for Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Mac OS X v10.6 through v10.6.2, Mac OS X Server v10.6 through v10.6.2, through Software Update or via Apple Downloads. You might want to schedule the download when you have some time to be away from the computer: Depending on which version you’re downloading, the size of the update may weigh in at more than 750 megabytes.

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