News 2.0

ABSTRACT

It’s official: the party’s over. Mac users can no longer surf the Web unprotected. Recently, in the span of just one week, three vulnerabilities to Mac OS X were discovered. The first two were worms: one, “Inqtana,” targeted Bluetooth; and the other, “Leap,” targeted Mac instant messaging software. The third was a vulnerability discovered in the Safari Web browser, which if not remedied could allow malicious code to be executed automatically.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  A. General Literature
  A.0 GENERAL

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.4 Electronic Commerce
          Subjects: Security
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.5 Security and Protection (D.4.6, K.4.2)
  K.m MISCELLANEOUS

General Terms:
Security