“A critical vulnerability has been found in some versions of Apple’s popular iTunes that could allow attackers to remotely take over a user’s computer, according to a warning issued Thursday by a security research firm,” Dawn Kawamoto reports for CNET News. “The discovery of this latest flaw comes days after Apple issued its iTunes 6 for Windows security update. The latest iTunes flaw, however, runs on all operating systems from Windows XP to Mac OS X, according to a security warning issued by eEye Digital Security. This flaw allows malicious hackers to launch arbitrary code remotely, which in turn can take control of a user’s computer.”
“eEye does not provide extensive details on the flaws it finds until a vendor releases a patch to resolve the security flaw,” Kawamoto reports.
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