Apple users in security warning (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Users of Apple's OS X operating system are being warned to take care when browsing online as they wait for a solution to a security flaw.

A software update {iOS 7.0.6} was released last week to owners of iPhones, iPads and iPods to protect users from "an attacker" who may "capture or modify data".

It was later discovered that the problem also existed on Apple laptops and desktop computers running OS X.

A security fix {for OS X} has not yet been issued.

The problem was first spotted on Apple's mobile devices which run the iOS 7 operating system. It relates to the way secure connections are made between Apple's safari browser and websites, including banking sites, Google and Facebook.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26335701




This is not LBN because PokerFan posted this link earlier: http://www.democraticunderground.com/109510287
(Describes a fix via iOS 7.0.6)

[targetpractice]

1. A fix has been issued this afternoon via software update to 10.9.2

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/02/apple-releases-os-x-10-9-2-patches-ssl-flaw-and-adds-facetime-audio-support

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Thanks! nt

[ananda]

2. Thanks for this notice!

I almost always use Firefox as my browser for banking and stuff like that.

Now I will never use Safari for that.