Apple Issues February Mac Security Fix
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Continuing its new Microsoft-like approach of issuing a unified monthly security update for Mac OS X, Apple has patched a single vulnerability in its flagship operating system. The February update includes a fix to Sun's Java, which addresses a flaw that could allow an untrusted applet to run arbitrary code.
Mac OS X users can download the patch from Software Update, and find detailed information in Apple's knowledge base. Microsoft, meanwhile, issued its February security roll-up earlier this month, which was comprised of 12 fixes for vulnerabilities in MSN Messenger, Microsoft's .NET Framework, Office, and Windows Media Player. Nine of the flaws were deemed "critical" by Microsoft.