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Lockscreen bypass available in iOS 6.1, contacts vulnerable through hack

Ok, they’re probably going to need to fix this. Per The Verge, a security flaw in Apple’s iOS 6.1 lets anyone bypass your iPhone password lock and access your phone app, view or modify contacts, check your voicemail, and look through your photos (by attempting to add a photo to a contact). The method, as […]

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Apple releases 11th OS X 10.8.3 build to developer community, pins down file bug

The betas, they just keep rolling in… Per The Mac Observer, Apple continued to extensively test the next maintenance update to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion with the release of the tenth prerelease build of 10.8.3 to developers Wednesday. The build, 12D65, arrives one week after the previous build, 12D61. The latest build of 10.8.3 […]

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Apple releases Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 12

This sort of came out of left field, but if you’re running Mac OS X 10.6, you should probably install it. Late Friday, Apple released Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 12, a Java update for its Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) operating system. The update, a 72.8 megabyte download, offers the following […]

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Apple quietly disables Oracle’s Java 7 Update 11 fix via XProtect anti-malware feature in OS X

When it comes to Java, there’s always an argument to be had between Apple and Oracle. Per MacGeneration, the recently released Java 7 Update 11 has been blocked by Apple through its XProtect anti-malware feature in OS X. Oracle issued the latest update to Java earlier this month to fix a serious zero-day security flaw. […]

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Oracle releases updated Java 7 Update 11 security fix, now available for download

Following up on the discovery of a Java 7 flaw that prompted Apple to disable the software in OS X, Oracle issued a statement saying it is currently working on a fix and released a patch over the weekend. Oracle released the statement late Friday following a U.S. Department of Homeland Security recommendation that all […]