Competing
and dominating Microsoft Windows Operating system is no easy task.
But it seemed pretty easy for Apple, as their Mac OS X operating
systems are supposedly immaculate in performance; although a few
annoying issues are there. But still, the big deal is that Mac OS X
operating systems have crossed boundaries and dominated in markets
worldwide, even going head to head with Windows and its reputation.
The
reason for the success of Apple Mac OS X is significantly
because of Apple’s dedication to constantly impress and satisfy
Apple users with constant reliable updates for apps and OS, and the
technical support they offer. Most Mac OS X operating
system users would agree that there are a few issues in the OS,
mainly security issues, which should be fixed. Apple apparently
answered the call and has released a security update recently.
Supposedly,
this security update is going to make major modifications
in the OS by optimizing the security and fixing all the issues at the
same time. The security fix updates are not just for the
Mac OS X but also for certain other products, and hence the
update comes in batches. The Mac OS X10.7 Lion operating system
security update is the highlight in Apple’s releases as
the OS reportedly has a huge number of users worldwide. So obviously,
there will be a proportional number of reports mentioning the issues
in the OS X Lion as well.
Apple
was quick with their response and made it clear that they have
analyzed the problem enough to detect a few bugs which can be
exploited by users with malicious intent so as to remotely access the
personal data of the OS X Lion users whose computers have
been infected. Apple, then stated that the new Mac OS X 10.7.3
Lion update will include all the patches necessary to resolve
this issue and make your computer secure from unauthorized remote
accesses.
Issues
in products such as QuickTime will also be fixed if you use the
patch. There are vulnerabilities even in a few versions of Apache
which haven’t been updated. Hackers can decrypt Secure Sockets
Layer encrypted information and access other private data. This has
been brought to the public by Kaspersky Labs recently. The security
certificates will also be revoked to be trustworthy again by the new
Apple update, so that hackers won’t be able to spoof them.
These
are all that has been known about Apple’s security updates.
More details will be posted soon.
