Mac Security Updates… Yes, I said, MAC!

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Mac Malware: OS X 10.6.8 Has A Plethora of Critical Security Updates

“Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.8 yesterday in preparation for its Lion release. There are several things to like about the new update, including changes to Final Cut Pro X as well as enhancements to the Mac App Store ahead of the release of Lion.

Overlooked in the update is the fact that Apple has included a fair amount of security updates in the software. When it comes to Apple, people always want to talk about what is cool and sleek and fun to use. Yet, as the fake anti-virus malware Mac Defender has shown us, Apple is becoming more of a target for malicious hacks. Apple releases security updates with each version of Mac OS X. Let’s take a look at what is significant in version 10.6.8.

According to the Sophos Naked Security blog, the most important fixes concern ‘arbitrary code execution.’

‘That’s computer-speak for ‘allow a bad guy to run malicious code on your computer, without your authorization,'” wrote Graham Cluley of Sophos.'”

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