Thursday - April 17, 2008
Apple issued four security updates Thursday for its Web browser Safari, one of which patches the highly publicized -- yet secret -- hole that let security expert Charlie Miller burrow his way into a MacBook Air at the CanSecWest security conference last month. The vulnerability was immediately disclosed to Apple from the conference, but today is the first time it's been widely identified. The software updates come in an upgrade to Safari 3.1.1. Two are only for the Windows version of Safari, while two others affect vulnerabilities in WebKit.
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Friday - March 21, 2008
It may be some time before any Apple news rivals the iPhone software development kit or the MacBook Air, but it's nonetheless been a busy week for Apple-focused bloggers. Apple updated its Airport Express WiFi mini router to the faster 802.11n standard, delivered a new version of Safari, fixed dozens of security weaknesses, and saw Mac sales shoot through the roof in February.
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Wednesday - March 19, 2008
Apple has issued a major security update for Mac OS X and Safari. The update addresses 86 common vulnerability and exposure CVE entries in 30 applications for Mac OS. Among the components addressed by the update are vulnerabilities in the Printing and Preview components, which could allow encrypted PDF files to be viewed without authentication.
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Tuesday - February 12, 2008
Apple released its first security update for 2008 late Monday, correcting vulnerabilities in OS X Leopard and Tiger. Mac OS X 10.5.2 and Security Update 2008-001 correct 11 flaws in applications such as Time Machine, Parental Control, Mail and Safari. Also included is a patch for a directory services vulnerability that was listed in the "Month of Apple Bugs" project, released in January 2007.
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Tuesday - December 18, 2007
Apple's patchy year continued Monday as the Mac maker released fixes for some 40 Mac OS X glitches in its ninth security update. In a separate release, Apple also put out an update to plug a flaw in the beta version of its Safari 3 Web browser running on Windows Vista and XP. The company also dealt with 18 other Java-related vulnerabilities in addition to its ongoing QuickTime flaw, with patches released last Thursday.
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Thursday - November 15, 2007
Apple released an update to top all updates Wednesday. Included in the massive bundle -- aimed primarily at users of Apple's Tiger operating system -- is the just-out-of-beta Safari 3 as well as about 44 fixes for a spate of security flaws. The software maker's latest batch of updates and security fixes in its combo update weigh in at a whopping 321.5 MB.
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Tuesday - November 6, 2007
Apple released another version of its QuickTime digital media player Monday. The latest edition of the application corrects seven potentially harmful security vulnerabilities discovered in previous versions of the software, QuickTime 7.2 and earlier. Users Windows and users of OS X should download and install the QuickTime 7.3 update, according to Apple.
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Wednesday - August 1, 2007
Apple released three security updates Tuesday that correct a slew of bugs, including a hole discovered last week in the one-month-old iPhone. This is Apple's seventh security update this year. The bundled patches fix approximately 45 vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X operating system, the Safari browser for Windows beta, and the iPhone.
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Monday - June 25, 2007
Apple continues to tweak and tighten up Safari 3, as it forges ahead with the public beta testing of what it calls the world's "fastest Web browser on any platform." Two weeks didn't pass from the time Apple released Safari 3 beta until it issued a second round of patches for the browser. The second installment came in the form of the Safari 3.0.2 beta download announced Friday.
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Wednesday - May 30, 2007
Apple on Tuesday released patches for two flaws, one considered a serious hole, in its QuickTime media player -- just one week after releasing a bug catcher for the Mac OS X operating system. The security fix to QuickTime 7.1.6 addresses two issues in the way QuickTime works on the Java platform. The more serious problem could allow hackers to take control of an unpatched computer from a remote location.
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Friday - May 25, 2007
Apple released another security update Thursday for its Mac OS X operating system to prevent certain components from crashing and protect areas deemed vulnerable. This latest bundle of fixes marks the fifth update from Apple this year and corrects 17 bugs, some of which could permit arbitrary code executions and denial of service.
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