Thursday, 23 February 2006

Mac OS X Hit by Third Vulnerability

Security experts announced the discovery of another vulnerability in Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It is the third vulnerability found in less than a week. Security and antivirus firms have issued advisories classifying the flaw as "extremely critical." Discovered by Michael Lehn, a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Ulm in southern Germany, the flaw affects Apple's Safari Web browser and could allow attackers to disable a Mac computer after tricking users into accessing a phony Internet site containing malicious code.

Apple has confirmed that it is aware of the problem and has indicated that it is working on a fix "so that this doesn't become something that could affect customers."