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Apple thwarted in bid to unmask leaker
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Mon, 2006-05-29 00:42
Apple Computer suffered a setback in its effort to plug an internal leak, after a state appeals court ruled that the computer maker can't immediately get its hands on records of who may have contacted an Apple enthusiast site with details on an unreleased product.
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Apple yanks key x86 Mac OS X open source code
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Thu, 2006-05-18 00:37
Apple has pulled the source code the underpins key components of the x86 version of Mac OS X's 'Darwin' foundation. The PowerPC versions are still available for download from the Mac maker's open source software website.
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Mac OS X security patch falls short
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Tue, 2006-05-16 00:06
Apple released its third major patch this year for Mac
OS X on Thursday, fixing 31 software vulnerabilities in a range of products that could be used by remote attackers to compromise Mac OS systems. Security Update 2006-003 was published on Apple’s Web site and includes software fixes for holes in OS X, the Safari Web browser, and Mac components for viewing image and video files.
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Symantec CEO advocates fair play and Macs
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Mon, 2006-05-15 23:46
It doesn't appear that Symantec CEO John Thompson's next computer will run Windows.
"We think more people ought to buy them," Thompson said of Apple's Macintosh computers, in response to a question from the audience at the Future in Review conference on Monday.
The "target-rich" environment created by Windows vulnerabilities means that virus writers and hackers have set their sights on Windows PCs, he said.
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Apple patches 43 flaws in OS, QuickTime
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Sun, 2006-05-14 23:33
Apple on Thursday patched more than 40 vulnerabilities in its Mac OS X operating system, associated applications, and the company's Mac and Windows versions of the QuickTime multimedia player.
The Mac OS X upgrade, dubbed Security Update 2006-003, contains 31 fixes and ups the operating system to version 10.4.6. It was the third collective update of the OS since the first of the year.
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