After a multi-day delay that irked users, Apple has released a system software update for OS X Mavericks that fixes what's became known as the "gotofail" security vulnerability. February 25, 2014 11:00 AM PST Apple has finally fixed a serious OS X security vulnerability that had left millions of users exposed to potential eavesdropping or account hijacking. In a terse note this morning accompanying a system software update, the company acknowledged that "an attacker" could "capture or modify data" when Safari, Mail, iCloud and other Apple-created applications even though the communication streams were supposed to be securely encrypted. The security vulnerability quickly became known as the "gotofail" bug, after a review of Apple's publicly-posted code showed an errant duplicate statement created the glitch. Apple previously released a fix for iOS devices last Friday. More to come...
After a multi-day delay that irked users, Apple has released a system software update for OS X Mavericks that fixes what's became known as the "gotofail" security vulnerability.
Apple has finally fixed a serious OS X security vulnerability that had left millions of users exposed to potential eavesdropping or account hijacking.
In a terse note this morning accompanying a system software update, the company acknowledged that "an attacker" could "capture or modify data" when Safari, Mail, iCloud and other Apple-created applications even though the communication streams were supposed to be securely encrypted.
The security vulnerability quickly became known as the "gotofail" bug, after a review of Apple's publicly-posted code showed an errant duplicate statement created the glitch. Apple previously released a fix for iOS devices last Friday.
More to come...
