Took its time
After years of being
mocked by the online security community for being too slow to respond faster
to software vulnerabilities, Apple finally fixed a longstanding flaw in the
Java code that has been hanging around since Adam took his first bite of an
Apple.
The flaw could allow a Java applet to execute malicious code on
affected Macs, potentially leading to information theft or a compromised
system. In May, Intego warned Mac users to disable Java in their Web browsers
until Apple got around to fixing the Java vulnerability.
In a patch
summary Apple states, "Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4 delivers improved
reliability, security, and compatibility for Java SE 6, J2SE 5.0 and J2SE
1.4.2 on Mac OS X v10.5." It mentions nothing about the fact that it will
turn over control of your expensive mac to a hacker.
Apple has been aware of
this vulnerability for at least five months, since it was made public, but
has neglected to issue a security update to protect against this issue,"
Intego said in a security advisor complained last month.
Apple users tend
to believe a mantra which says that only Windows users get viruses. They
also discount any Malware which infects Macs as an example of anything
threatening for their computer.
