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  • Apple Releases Security Updates for Safari, iOS, and OS X

    Apple released security updates today for Safari, OS X, and iOS that resolve critical vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution. Remote code execution vulnerabilities allow an attacker to create specially crafted web sites or files that could allow the attacker to execute commands and programs on vulnerable platforms.

  • QuickTime Update addresses Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    A security update has been released for QuickTime that resolves numerous remote code execution and application termination vulnerabilities. QuickTime 7.7.9 has been released to fix these updates and all users are advised to install it immediately.

  • Apple’s Swift programming language is now open source!

    Apple developers will be glad to know that Swift has become open source as of version 2.2. Swift is a program language that was developed by Chris Lattner with the eventual contribution of programmers at Apple. An open source release of Swift will only allow it gain greater adoption by developers.

  • Unsecured Database Servers Expose 13M MacKeeper Accounts

    Unsecured MongoDB database servers allowed a "white-hat" hacker to access the account information for over 13 million MacKeeper users. MacKeeper is a program that supposedly optimizes your Mac so that it runs faster and safer..

  • Apple Releases Security Updates for All of their Core Products

    Not to be outdone by Adobe or Microsoft, Apple also released security updates today for all it's core products including Xcode, Safari, watchOS, tvOS, OS X El Capitan, and iOS. These updates resolve 80 different vulnerability ranging from remote code execution to the ability to access a user's keychain items. Any users of Apple produ

  • Apple Releases Security Updates for OSX, iWatch, Safari, and More

    Today Apple released numerous security updates that resolve a total of 142 vulnerabilities in their iOS, watchOS, OSX, iTunes, and Safari products. Some vulnerabilities are the same throughout various Apple products if they share a similar codebase. 

  • 2015 was the worst in history for OSX malware

    A new report from Bit9 and Carbon Black details how 2015 was the worst year in history for OSX malware. In a 10 week study conducted by both organizations it was discovered that 2015 had 5 times more malware than all of 2010-2014 combined. OSX users need to take security seriously or they are bound to be affected by future malware.

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