Mac users act against security attacks
Mac users act against security attacks
Although Macs have a reputation for having fewer security risks than PCs, Apple users have been updating their software recently to guard against security holes which could leave their computers open to infiltration.
A flaw was identified last week in the Apple's Safari web browser which could allow disruptive code to run on machines without prior permission.
This is the second time this month that an alert has been made about the security risks faced by Macs.
Although security firm Secunia says that patches have been launched to protect the Mac OS X's Unix-based architecture, it is still very possible that vulnerabilities will be exposed and malicious websites could still run software on the computers.
Apple users often praise Mac's about their immunity to the risks faced by Windows-based computers and Apple themselves have played down the problems in this instance too.
Secunia, however, have updated this flaw recently from a "critical" state to an "extremely critical" state.
A spokesperson for the company said that since this is an operating system issue and not a browser issue, there are limited methods to protect a system against these attacks.
Secunia has said that OS X users should avoid untrusted web sites; rename any URI handlers that are not necessary; and users should not use the web as a "privileged user".
Mac users have now been told to be just as vigilant towards possible attacks as PC users are.
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