Apple Pushes the First Ever Automated Security Update to Mac Users

[Tech_Dreamer]

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Apple Inc has pushed out its first-ever automated security update to Macintosh computers to help defend against newly identified bugs that security researchers have warned could enable hackers to gain remote control of machines.

 

Discovered by Google researchers, the flaw could allow a remote attacker to "send a carefully crafted packet that can overflow a stack buffer and allow malicious code to be executed."

 

When Apple has released previous security patches, it has done so through its regular software update system, which typically requires user intervention.the critical security issue in the network time protocol (NTP) has prompted Apple to push an automatic OS X update for the first time ever.

 

NTP is used for synchronizing clocks on computer systems.an attacker could possibly send a carefully crafted packet that can overflow a stack buffer and allow malicious code to be executed

 

better late than never post your comments down beloeeeeew

 

Link:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/23/us-apple-cybersecurity-idUSKBN0K108W20141223

[Slinkey]

Isn't it good that they fixed it?

[Enderman]

This is just the start of windows updates for apple users.

[felixbearpig]

lol finally,

 

but i hope its not turning into windows security with updates everyday

[Speedbird]

Wait, so they didn't have automatic updates until now?

[ShadowCaptain]

Wait, so they didn't have automatic updates until now?

 

yes they had automatic updates, but you could turn it off just like windows

 

AFAIK this was a forced update that you cannot refuse

[mr moose]

lol finally,

 

but i hope its not turning into windows security with updates everyday

 

It will, maybe not daily but as the OS becomes more popular so will the need to secure it.

[felixbearpig]

Wait, so they didn't have automatic updates until now?

no they would do the security updates as a package with the OS updates

[MrSuperb]

no they would do the security updates as a package with the OS updates

 

not true at all.

[ShadowCaptain]

not true at all.

 

I think they mean when you go to "software update" and the user can choose to do it or not, it uses the same update as the OS updates (sometimes they come together) sometimes its just a generic security update, but the method is the same

[Jaybird]

I think they mean when you go to "software update" and the user can choose to do it or not, it uses the same update as the OS updates (sometimes they come together) sometimes its just a generic security update, but the method is the same

Yup, it was a window and had a list of items with a check box next to each item. Unchecked items do not get installed. For instance, I never installed the camera comparability updates as I don't own a camera.

[Redpalmtree]

awh, babby's first security update  :wub:

[TheGFactor]

Welcome to the party apple. You are a little late

[FakezZ]

lol finally,

 

but i hope its not turning into windows security with updates everyday

Well if they implement them so as not to bother the user and are done on the background, I do not see this as a bad thing.

[dalekphalm]

lol finally,

 

but i hope its not turning into windows security with updates everyday

First off, Windows Updates come on Tuesdays, unless there's a time sensitive critical hotfix being published.

 

Secondly, why would you not want frequent security updates? One of the largest reasons that Mac's don't get infections is the smaller user base. The mac user base has been slowly growing, so expect more viruses and malware.

 

As long as the forced updates do not require reboots, then I see literally no problem here.

[ComradeHX]

 

Discovered by Google researchers

:rolleyes:

[ShadowCaptain]

:rolleyes:

 

 you know tons of people at google use apple ?  or (custom versions of ubuntu)

[Trik'Stari]

90% of apple users during this: "what's a security update?"

[FuzzyYellow]

There's nothing like that feeling knowing you've got 1 minute to close everything before your computer restarts and there's nothing you can do about it.

[ICantThinkOfAnyGoodName]

There's nothing like that feeling knowing you've got 1 minute to close everything before your computer restarts and there's nothing you can do about it.

Either my Mac didn't even notice that there's this update or it doesn't require a reboot.

[FuzzyYellow]

Either my Mac didn't even notice that there's this update or it doesn't require a reboot.

I was referring to windows. Sorry.

[dalekphalm]

There's nothing like that feeling knowing you've got 1 minute to close everything before your computer restarts and there's nothing you can do about it.

Yes I quite dislike that change in Windows 8/8.1, but at least you can disable it (Albeit through the registry, which is never ideal).

 

Windows 10 does this as well, but the registry hack so far (for me at least), hasn't disabled it.

[ComradeHX]

 you know tons of people at google use apple ?  or (custom versions of ubuntu)

I don't know for sure, but I don't expect usage of apple product to be impossible.

I just find it amusing that Google researchers found a security exploit instead of Apple researchers themselves.

[ShadowCaptain]

I don't know for sure, but I don't expect usage of apple product to be impossible.

I just find it amusing that Google researchers found a security exploit instead of Apple researchers themselves.

 

Well I guess not all vulnerabilities are found by the manufacturer, for example what % of vulnerabilities do MS discover first hand for windows and how many they are made aware of by third parties

[miyabwah]

why do you need security updates when macs can't get viruses.

 

 

 

 

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