Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Mar 2006 15:27 UTC
An Apple Computer patch released last week doesn't completely fix a high-profile Mac OS X flaw, leaving a toehold for cyberattacks, experts said. The update added a function called 'download validation' to the Safari Web browser, Apple Mail client and iChat instant messaging tool. "While Apple added a checkpoint to the downloading and execution process, they did not eliminate this vulnerability," said Kevin Long, an analyst at security specialist Cybertrust and a Mac user for 11 years. "If a user can be tricked into opening a file that looks like a picture, the user may actually be opening a malicious script."
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2005-07-13
the truth of the matter is no matter how sercure you make an operating system if you dont first have the users educated properly on what not to do they will find a way to make it unsecure. my mother for example sees pop ups that say "want to protect yourself from spyware (in windows)" and thinks its a god idea to click it. why? because she doesnt know any better, (and she is an idiot. but we will forget about that for the time being). "make it idiot proof and somebody will make a better idoot."