“A forthcoming update to Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4 ‘Tiger’ operating system will reportedly plug a hole in the company’s new Dashboard application that allows potentially malicious widgets to auto-install on a user’s system. The fix is believed to be one of over three dozen expected in Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4.1 Update. According to rumors, the update, code-named ‘Atlanta,’ could see a release as early as the end of the week,” Kasper Jade and Prince McLean report for AppleInsider. “After installing the update, sources say users of the Tiger operating system will be prompted before a widget is downloaded to their hard drive. Currently, Tiger possess a vulnerability where potentially dangerous or annoying widgets can be downloaded onto a hard drive and installed without the user’s knowledge or consent.”
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