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Apple plugs QuickTime hole
December 20, 2006
Patch fixes vulnerability that could expose information stored on a Mac to outside attackers.
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Apple Macintosh
Fix in for Apple flaw
August 18, 2006
Xsan Filesystem patch tackles flaws in Mac OS X versions that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or crash a system.
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Xsan
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Apple Mac OS
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Apple Macintosh
Adobe fixes Reader, Acrobat for Mac OS
June 28, 2005
Two "medium risk" flaws could allow an attacker to run executables or abuse elevated privileges in Safari.
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Adobe Systems Inc.
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Adobe Acrobat
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
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Apple Mac OS
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Apple Computer
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Adobe PDF
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Apple Macintosh
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operating system
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Web browser
Apple iTunes security flaw discovered
November 18, 2005
A vulnerability in software that helps manage iTunes could allow an attacker to launch arbitrary code.
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eEye Digital Security
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flaw
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security flaw
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Apple iTunes
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Apple Computer
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attacker
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security
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Apple Macintosh
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operating system
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Microsoft Windows
Apple plugs four security holes
February 15, 2007
Four issues identified by the Month of Apple Bugs project receive fixes from the company's developer.
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patch management
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security
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Apple Macintosh
Apple sounds alarm over QuickTime flaws
November 4, 2005
"Highly critical" bug in media player could open door for a denial-of-service attack, security company says.
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Apple QuickTime
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media player
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Apple unloads dozens of fixes for OS X
August 16, 2005
Still, of the 44 flaws addressed, only a handful are critical, according to security experts.
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Apple Mac OS
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Microsoft Word
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Apple Macintosh
Unpatched Mac flaws may put users at risk
April 21, 2006
Security researcher publishes details of several unpatched, potentially serious flaws in OS X. Apple plans patch.
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bug
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Firefox
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operating system
Widget security worries dog Apple
May 21, 2005
Concerns about a potentially serious security issue in Tiger persist despite an OS update from Apple earlier this week.
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Apple corrects patch trouble
March 14, 2006
Second Mac OS X security update in two weeks corrects problems introduced by earlier patch and fixes newly discovered flaws.
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PHP
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Apple issues Java security update
April 19, 2006
Flaws could allow malicious attackers to gain access to Mac OS users' systems.
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J2SE
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Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Breaking into a laptop via Wi-Fi
August 2, 2006
Flaws in software that runs wireless-networking hardware could let attackers take over PCs, including Macs, Black Hat warns.
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software company
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Apple Computer
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laptop computer
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Intel
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PC
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security
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video
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operating system
Another QuickTime flaw found
November 8, 2005
Soon after a patch for four security flaws is issued, a new "critical" hole is found in Apple's popular media player.
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eEye Digital Security
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Apple QuickTime
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Mac OS flaw exposes Apple users
February 21, 2006
Apple is working to patch operating-system vulnerability that could be exploited to install rootkits, backdoors.
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shell script
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Apple Computer
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Symantec Corp.
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operating system
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Web browser
New Apple patch plugs Wi-Fi hijack flaws
September 21, 2006
Security updates plug a trio of flaws that could be exploited to break into Macs via Wi-Fi connections.
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SecureWorks Inc.
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Black Hat
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IBM PowerPC
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Apple Macintosh
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Flaws found in RealNetworks media player
December 2, 2005
Two RealPlayer flaws could let attackers commandeer Windows PCs running the software, eEye Digital warns.
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eEye Digital Security
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RealNetworks Inc.
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RealNetworks RealPlayer
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Windows
QuickTime zero-day bug threatens Macs, PCs
January 2, 2007
Publication of yet-to-be-patched QuickTime vulnerability kicks off month in which researchers will publish an Apple software bug each day.
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Windows PC
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Apple Mac OS X
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Apple Macintosh
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Apple Mac OS
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security
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PC
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Microsoft Windows
School's out to shun IE
December 9, 2004
Penn State urges students to use alternative browsers to reduce risk of attacks through flaws in the Microsoft software.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Phishing flaw a danger to alternative browsers
February 7, 2005
A security weakness in a domain-name standard allows attackers to spoof Web sites on non-Microsoft browsers.
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Mozilla Corp.
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Opera Software
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Apple Computer
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security
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Firefox
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e-mail
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Microsoft Corp.
'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai says
June 16, 2004
Attackers built a "botnet" of unknowing home PCs to bring down Google and other sites, the company says.
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Akamai Technologies Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Google Inc.
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Corp.
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