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  Apple Releases 31 Year End Patches - Security - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness 

  http://www.crn.com/security/205100195

  Apple is getting a head start on its house cleaning before the New Year. The Cupertino-based Apple released 31 year-end patches Monday afternoon, addressing issues in its Mac OS X operating system as well ... as the test version of its Safari browser. The latest round of updates was the largest so far this year, covering more than 40 detected vulnerabilities. Apple has issued a total of nine security updates in 2007 encompassing about 200 bugs. Security professionals recommend that users install the newly released updates as soon as possible, particularly emphasizing the need to repair any vulnerability remotely exploitable over the Web. "This was a huge batch of patches," said Jon Orbeton, strategic product manager for IronPort. "The going theory is as the user population of Apple continues to increase they become a more significant target for the attackers." The Max OS patches address components that range from widely used items such as the Address Book, iChat and Flash Player Plug-in, t   [More...] [Less...]

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  Tags:  apple, mac os x operating system, safari broser