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Apple To Patch Dashboard Vulnerability

Posted by Zonk on from the spackle-makes-a-world-of-difference dept.

bonch writes "Apple has quickly patched a previously reported security hole that allows websites to auto-install potentially malicious widgets without prompting the user. The fix is one of over three dozen miscellanous fixes to be included in OS X 10.4.1, code-named 'Atlanta', and may appear by the end of the week. Users will now be prompted before a widget downloads to their hard drive."

3 of 99 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Come again? by Soukyan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good point. The Tigers are from Detroit, no?

  2. Re:A suggestion for improvement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't know about you, but golly gee that sure sounds like ActiveX controls.

  3. Re:A suggestion for improvement by Have+Blue · · Score: 4, Funny

    an Apple patch may rewrite that piece of code so it cannot create that infinite loop scenario

    Hey, if Apple wants to solve the halting problem as part of their security initiative, that's fine with me. Now that's dedication!