Mac OS, Linux May Share a Windows Flaw

Microsoft Corporation recently announced plans to release a patch to reduce the risk of a new kind of Web-based security vulnerability, but security researchers say that other operating systems are probably at risk too. Nathan McFeters, a security researcher with Ernst & Young Global Limited, is one of the researchers who has been studying the problem most closely. He hopes to present more details on how Linux and Mac OS X may also be susceptible to what are known as Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) protocol handler flaws at the Toorcon hacking conference, being held next week in San Diego. Although McFeters admitted he had not yet found a way to run unauthorized code on Unix-based operating systems, he and his fellow researchers have discovered a number of issues that looked like they could be grounds for further research. Read full story...

 


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