Secunia: ‘Apple Security Update Does Not Secure Users’

In an email sent to MacMinute, security firm Secunia says that Apple’s Security Update released last Friday does not fully protect Mac users. “It is still possible to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable user’s system, just as easy as before Apple issued Friday’s security update for Mac OS X,” notes Secunia. “We were pleased to learn that Apple issued a patch, which fixes the ‘help’ URI handler vulnerability, in just a week after the flaws were widely discussed in various public fora. Even though, they reportedly knew about the vulnerability back in February.”