Apple Releases Security Updates to Fix 28 Vulnerabilities in OS X

Our Internet security solution provider WatchGuard has recently issued a high severity alert regarding 28 vulnerabilities that affect all current versions of OS X, Apple’s line of operating systems for Macs. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities in a variety of ways, including enticing the user to visit malicious websites or download and view various malicious media files. The impact of these vulnerabilities carries various results, the worst being the attacker executes code on the user’s computer, potentially gaining full control of it.

WatchGuard recommends that OS X users immediately download the updates released by Apple to fix these security issues. More information on these vulnerabilities and instructions on how to apply these updates can be found in Apple’s OS X 10.5.x and 10.6.x alert.

To read more about security threats to Macs, please refer to our previous blog posts entitled Don't Be Lulled into a False Sense of Security, Apple Releases Security Updates to Fix Almost 100 Vulnerabilities in OS X, Apple Releases Security Update to Fix Critical Vulnerabilities in OS X, Apple Releases Security Updates to Fix OS X Vulnerabilities, and Apple’s OS X Update Fixes Serious “Pwn2Own” Flaw.

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References: WatchGuard’s LiveSecurity Update “OS X 10.6.4 and Security Update 2010-004 Fixes 28 Vulnerabilities”, Apple’s OS X 10.5.x and 10.6.x alert