Apple today released Flashback Removal Security Update for Leopard and Leopard Security Update 2012-003.
Flashback Removal Security Update for Leopard removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware. If the Flashback malware is found, a dialog will notify you that malware was removed. In some cases, the update may need to restart your computer in order to completely remove the Flashback malware.
To improve the security of your Mac, this update also disables the Java plug-in in Safari. For instructions on how to re-enable it, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5241.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.
Leopard Security Update 2012-003 disables versions of Adobe Flash Player that do not include the latest security updates and provides the option to get the current version from Adobe’s website.
For more information, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5271.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.
Flashback Removal Security Update for Leopard and Leopard Security Update 2012-003 are available via Software Update and also as standalone installers.
More info and download links:
• Flashback Removal Security Update for Leopard
• Leopard Security Update 2012-003
What??? I thought there were no security issues with the Apple OS – regardless of which cat.
Naivety is a malware-merchant’s best friend.
Macs don’t have the security issues of the PC world, but let’s not let our guard down, OK?
Them straw mans sure do burn purty, don’t they?
Nobody here has been arguing that there were “no security issues” with the Mac – rather that the security foundation of OS X is fundamentally a lot stronger than that of Windows.
On a related note, these updates address security flaws in Oracle’s Java and Adobe’s Flash, neither of which are Apple products. That doesn’t exonerate Apple by any means, but does make the important point that they’re putting out updates to deal with security flaws found in third-party products.
Uhm, where did you see that it was an issue with Apple’s OS?
Nothing in SU
Downloaded the installers, they say that 10.5.8 is needed. I have 10.5.8.
Something is broken.
Answered my own question. This update is for Intel only
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
Answered my own question. This is an Intel only update.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
I just think it’s awesome that Apple’s still taking care of people running Leopard. I’d only have expected them to support one major release back.
——RM