A security hole still threatens Mac OS X users after a patch issued last week by Apple failed to fix the underlying problem, according to security experts. One allows a website to place a file on the Mac's hard drive when a user clicks on a uniform...
Apple released an update to its Mac OS X operating system on Tuesday to fix 15 security issues in the software. The patch is available for Mac OS X 10.3.5 and Mac OS X 10.3.4, and also fixes issues in Mac OS X 10.2, known as 'Jaguar'.
In a statement he warns: "Some owners of Mac computers have held the belief that Mac OS X is incapable of harbouring computer viruses but Leap.A will leave them shell-shocked, as it shows that the malware threat on Mac OS X is real.
Gaining root access to a Mac is "easy pickings", according to an individual who won an OS X hacking challenge last month by gaining root control of a machine using an unpublished security vulnerability.
Computer code that exploits a flaw in Apple's Mac OS X was released over the weekend. The code takes advantage of a weakness in core parts of Mac OS X and could let a user gain additional privileges. Public exploits, while common for Microsoft's...
A new adware program silently installs on Mac OS X systems and opens web browser windows, according to F-Secure. Malicious software that targets Mac OS X systems is rare and has been limited largely to proof-of-concept code, instead of actual attacks.
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