Per Boy Genius Report, the GreenPois0n Absinthe 2.0 jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 has been released. Absinthe works on A4-powered devices and A5 ones, like the iPhone 4S and new iPad. It won’t work on the iPad 2, however and the JailbreakUntethered site has explanations on how to get this going on your device. If you’ve […]
Category: security
If you’ve yet to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 or Mac OS X 10.7, there’s some good news. Per Macworld, Apple on Monday released a pair of security updates for the older operating system: Leopard Security Update 2012-003 and Flashback Removal Security Update. The Leopard Security Update disables older versions of Adobe Flash Player […]
It never hurts to ask for a helping hand. Per computing.co.uk, Apple has invited Kaspersky Lab to consult on potential OS X security issues following the aftermath of the largest malware outbreak on the platform. Kaspersky has begun analyzing the OS X platform at Apple’s request, the company’s chief technology officer, Nikolai Grebennikov, said in […]
When in doubt, go with the update. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Wednesday released an update to its Safari web browser that automatically disables old versions of Adobe’s Flash Player as they don’t have the most up-do-date security features. After pushing out OS X Lion 10.7.4 which included Safari version 5.1.6, Apple rolled out a separate […]
Amidst yesterday’s update-o-rama, the Mac OS X 10.6 side of things received some attention as well. On Wednesday, Apple released Security Update 2012-002, a patch designed to take care of the following security details highlighted here. The update, which is designed for both Mac OS X 10.6 Client and Mac OS X 10.6 Server, weighs […]