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Once again the alarms are sounding with regards to Apple Safari’s security. Recently it has been found that the Safari’s RSS feeds are not safe to use, both on the Mac and PC. This application is vulnerable to hacker attacks and it can allow any malicious web site to bring you some really serious repercussions when using Safari to capture RSS feeds.

Once trapped by the malicious site the hackers can read files on your hard disk drive. This can lead to the access to sensitive information such as e-mails, passwords, cookies or any other private data. Even the whole user account can be taken in control by the intruders and the whole process is completely transparent to the user. The interesting fact is that this security loophole has been identified by Apple itself but it hasn’t been fixed till now. So it’s highly recommended not to use Safari for RSS.

The problem is believed to be emerged due to some issues with the Apple’s Webkit. This is because the OmniWeb users are also in the danger zone. OmniWeb is the browser used in Mac machines, like the Apple MacBook, and uses the WebKit rendering engine. RSS Feeds were introduced in Safari in 2004 but this is the first time that it has also joined the family of vulnerable applications.

Tags for this article: apple, are rss feeds secure, browser, hackers, rss, safari, Security, vulnerability, webkit
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Apple has recently released the new update for its Safari web browser. The version of this new update is 3.2.1 and it is the successor of the Safari 3.2 update. According to the company, the new update offers no new features to the Safari fans but still it’s important to have it installed as it offers some minor yet important bug fixes and patches. The 3.2 version of Safari also included the latest security patches and offered added security for Microsoft Windows XP/Vista and Mac users, but is still vulnerable to malicious codes. It was also suffering from unexpected application termination issues, which in any case leaves users full of agony, especially when they in middle of something really very important.

The update version 3.2.1 overcomes such any such issues and is fully protected against malicious codes. So you can always browse through the Internet like a breeze without worrying about the online corruption. Apart from this the new update also makes the Safari more stable in terms of performance. The old Safari, in some cases had lead to the system crash. The latest update also takes care of this problem and assures that your hard disk drive never faces any sort of negative impacts due to Safari. To install this update you need to have Apple Safari 3 installed on a computer running on Mac OS X version 10.4 or later

Tags for this article: apple, browser, safari, Security, update, vulnerability, windows
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Apple Safari has created a buzz among various other web browsers like Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera. After much hype a threat has been detected. Talking about its security, if you think that your computer is all safe and sound after using Safari then you could be mistaken. A “carpet bombing flaw” has been detected on the computers of Safari users.

There is a risk for window users and they should curtail the use of Apple Safari browser before patching the necessary security update. While using Safari with default settings it automatically opens unwanted or booby-trapped file with no prompting on the Windows users desktop. Due to this problem unwanted icons flood your desktop. Whenever a person opens Internet Explorer the unwanted file automatically causes all your notepad files to open. Sooner or later this force fed file takes full control of your computer where you are unable to do anything. This threat can make things all the more vulnerable for hackers. Of course they can choose far more nefarious code. Possessing the latest antivirus & security software is always recommendable. This carpet bombing flaw is occurring frequently among the Safari users.

Apple Safari can download files with no prompting. After discovering this flaw it has created havoc among the Safari users. At present this flaw exists in Apple Safari. So all you Safari users get alert as your computer or laptop can be hacked at any point of time by the online hackers or online eavesdroppers.

Tags for this article: browser, safari, Security, virus, vulnerability
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