I have heard it said over and over again, buy a MAC and you won't have security issues. Well, time catches up and we are seeing hackers taking advantage of vulnerabilities in Apple software. Recently we were made aware that versions 4 and 5 of Apple's Safari browser have a critical vulnerability. It has to do with a form fill feature that can reveal personal information about the user. Last week Jeremiah Grossman wrote about this on his blog. There is a way to prevent your identity from being revealed. You can Go to Preferences > AutoFill > AutoFill web forms and uncheck “Using info from my Address Book card”.

Jeremiah Grossman addresses this in detail on his blog and offers a video on how to correct this issue.

Apple has not addressed this vulnerability to date.  Welcome to the real world Apple users.

If you use iTunes on a Windows based PC, Apple has released a new version to fix a critical security flaw in their popular software. My suggestion is that based on the recent breach in security where an application developer was possibly stealing user ID and password credentials, you go to their website and download it today. Version 9.2.1 is the most current version. you can visit their download page here:

Apple iTunes Download

Seems that Apple has some vulnerabilities that it has quietly gone ahead and taken care of. Mac OS X 10.6.4 includes limited protection against a trojan labeled OSXPinhead -B. this one has capabilities to allow a hacker to gain remote control for the purpose of identity theft.

I guess the days of MAC users professing how they never have to worry about viruses and trojans are officially over.

Apple secretly updates Mac malware protection, Sophos reveals

Okay Apple users, wanna comment on this one? It appears that the IPad has been hacked and 114,000 users e-mail and possibly other personal information has been exposed. Nice! Although it does appear that AT&T was also at fault. Apparently the hackers obtained the information from AT&T's website to harvest the data on the IPad users. Huge screw-up and doesn't do much for confidence in either the IPAD, or the AT&T network.

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Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed

Very interesting post I thought. Worth reading for some people who own Apple's and are always crowing about how they don't worry about vulnerabilities. Well, you would be surprised maybe to know that the Safari browser figures to be the most easily hacked browser available. Again, it's not always the operating system that gets slammed people. There are many software apps that need to be kept up to date. So, if you own an Apple and think you can't get punked, better think again.

Apple Safari To Give Up First In Hacking Contest