Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Mac security as good as Windows' security

Mac users, you can now get pwned by clicking on an image file, just like Windows user can:
Apple today warned that opening or viewing image files could lead to remote code execution attacks against Mac OS X users.

In an update that contains fixes for a total of 19 documented vulnerabilities, Apple said malicious hackers could rig PNG (Portable Network Graphics) and other images to take complete control of unpatched Mac systems.

How cool is this? Windows users, you can stop smirking now. And just for fun, let's get Mac guy fitted out:



Mac users can get your fixes here.

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