News - Apple issues first Snow Leopard update, fixes multiple vulnerabilities

[HEXUS]

Mac OS X gets bumped to version v10.6.1 in order to fix multiple vulnerabilities in the Adobe Flash Player plug-in.

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[TheAnimus]

But Apple dosen't have security flaws. The adverts tell us so.

[badass]

But Apple dosen't have security flaws. The adverts tell us so.

Not really - they just give the misleading impression they dont without actually saying it. Funny that as one of their adverts took the mick out of PC's ease of use by showing small print erupting every time the "PC" spoke.

[Whiternoise]

To be fair it's Adobe's vulnerabilities rather than Apple's, no?

If i remember right, most actual OS's are pretty secure these days. Whenever there's that annual hacking competition where you get to keep what you hack, the guys never bother when it's a straight hack on the operating system, they always wait to execute code within a browser.

Half the problem is people clicking on things they shouldn't anyway... and then putting in their sudo password when prompted... :facepalm:

[TheAnimus]

To be fair it's Adobe's vulnerabilities rather than Apple's, no?

If i remember right, most actual OS's are pretty secure these days. Whenever there's that annual hacking competition where you get to keep what you hack, the guys never bother when it's a straight hack on the operating system, they always wait to execute code within a browser.

Half the problem is people clicking on things they shouldn't anyway... and then putting in their sudo password when prompted... :facepalm:

No, they had fixed it, they have to work well with vendors that have such products to ensure its the securest version at time of print.

Also, they should question the security model of their browser.

(ie the total lack of one).

[Yosh]

I was under the impression the biggest flaw was an outdated version of Flash, not really a big deal when anyone with sense would have read about their new OS and updated it after install.

[TheAnimus]

I was under the impression the biggest flaw was an outdated version of Flash, not really a big deal when anyone with sense would have read about their new OS and updated it after install.

And what percentage of users have that time to spare?

You either have to be 'in the biz' in which case odds are your not running fruit, or its your hobby.