Just hours after Apple announced that it too was victim to a wide-ranging malware attack, the company released a new version of Java for OS X to plug a hole in the software that can be exploited to install malware onto an affected machine. According to the release notes, “Java for OS X 2013-001 1.0″ [...]
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After being hacked, Apple pushes out Java update to patch security hole
Posted by Gary on February 20, 2013
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Evasi0n jailbreak updated for bugs, new iOS 6.1.1 update
Posted by Gary on February 13, 2013
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Update for iPhone 4S broke compatibility with hack The team behind the Evasi0n jailbreak for devices running iOS 6.0 and later have unveiled an updated version in order to fix some bugs that appeared with the original release as well as re-add support for iPhone 4S devices that were updated to iOS 6.1.1, released yesterday. [...]
iOS 6.1.1 update targeted at iPhone 4S improvement
Posted by Gary on February 12, 2013
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Apple released a very narrowly targeted update for iOS on Monday—one many iOS users might never notice, in fact. iOS 6.1.1 has one purpose: To fix “an issue that could impact cellular performance and reliability for iPhone 4S.” Apple made no other details available. The update comes two weeks after Apple released iOS 6.1, which [...]
Latest AirPort firmware update breaks IPv6 tunneling
Posted by Gary on February 12, 2013
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Downgrade only solution so far Last week’s AirPort/Time Capsule firmware update is breaking IPv6 tunneling for some users, according to complaints on Apple’s support forums. Tunneling allows IPv6 traffic to flow through IPv4 links. Without fixed firmware, the glitch could prevent some sites and services from connecting through Apple routers. Previous AirPort firmware updates have [...]
Adobe Releases Flash Player Update to Patch Security Holes as Apple Blocks Earlier Versions
Posted by Gary on February 9, 2013
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As noted by Ars Technica, Adobe late yesterday issued a security bulletin announcing that it was releasing updates to Flash Player in order to address a pair of security vulnerabilities targeting Mac and Windows users. Adobe is also aware of reports that CVE-2013-0634 is being exploited in the wild in attacks delivered via malicious Flash [...]
Adobe issues ‘emergency’ Flash update to stop new malware
Posted by Gary on February 8, 2013
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Exploits affect both platforms, one targets the Mac specifically Adobe has issued a patch to update Flash on both the Mac and Windows platform in order to fix two new vulnerabilities already being exploited “in the wild” to spread malware. One of the targeted attacks using the exploit works equally well against Mac users as [...]
Quicken Essentials users can switch with iBank update
Posted by Gary on February 6, 2013
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Dan MorenSenior Editor, Macworld Dan has been writing about all things Apple since 2006, when he first started contributing to the MacUser blog. Since then he’s covered most of the company’s major product releases and reviewed every major revision of iOS. In his “copious” free time, he’s usually grinding away on a novel or two.More [...]
Briefly: iPad mini ship times, OS X bug, Java 10.6 update
Posted by Gary on February 4, 2013
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Shipping for iPad mini orders drops to 1-3 days Roughly ten days after it last updated iPad mini ship times, Apple has dropped the wait again — indicating that availability is improving. While still not achieving what CEO Tim Cook calls “supply/demand balance” (which generally translates into a shipping status of “in stock” or available [...]