A security patch has been issued by Apple yesterday for their Safari web browser according to Information Week.

One of the four vulnerabilities is described by Apple as, “A heap buffer overflow exists in WebKit’s handling of JavaScript regular expressions. The issue may be triggered via JavaScript when processing regular expressions with large, nested repetition counts. This may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.”

Two of the vulnerabilities are only applicable to the Windows version of the web browser.

Users can get the patch either by downloading it on Apple’s site or through the Software Update function of Mac OS X.

Source: Information Week

Last week, Microsoft released an update for Vista’s Windows Defender software and some people reported that their mice and keyboards stopped working after they installed the update.

“We are aware of concerns that a recent Microsoft update may be causing problems with USB devices. We are investigating the matter, and at this time, do not have any information to share,” said Microsoft in a statement.

Microsoft released the update because there is a security hole in Windows Defender and the update was supposed to fix the situation.

There is no news when they will release a patch to fix the USB device problem.

Source: Channel Register

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InfoWorld has released a tool today for Windows users called Windows Sentinel. It is a monitoring agent software that checks the system performance of computers. It is being offered as a free download.

Randall Kennedy of InfoWorld said that the purpose of this project is “to develop a more concise picture of the Windows computing landscape. We hope to create a dynamic, real-time image of Windows-based system performance and behavior, and to mine that data stream for common threads of knowledge and information which we can then share with our readers.”

Source: InfoWorld

The third service pack of Windows XP will be released on April 29 according to Neowin.net.

Microsoft will not download the service pack automatically to users computer until June 10. The report at Neowin said that Microsoft planned this delay because it “…should give system administrators an ample amount of time to prepare for the upgrade or simply come up with an excuse for when things go awry.” Administrators can download a software called Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit to make sure that the Service Pack will not be installed until they are ready.

As usual, Microsoft has not said a word whether the news about the release Windows SP3 is accurate.

Source: COMPUTERWORLD

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An announcement has been made earlier today about a machine that is built to run like a Mac. It is called OpenMac.

It can run the latest Mac OS X version which is 10.5 and it has an Intel processor. The article at the Mac Observer notes that the company, Psystar, defies the EULA for Mac OS X since the EULA tells the user that he or she is entitled to install the OS only on an Apple-branded computer.

Psystar’s website says, “The highly extensible OpenMac is a configuration of PC hardware capable of running unmodified OS X Leopard kernels. If you purchase Leopard with your OpenMac we will not only include the actual Leopard retail package with genuine installation disc, but we also include a Psystar restore disc for your OpenMac and we will preinstall Leopard for free so you can begin to use your computer right out of the box.”

Source: the Mac Observer

There are still malware on up-to-date anti-virus softwares according to a study from Panda Security. They said that their result shows 72 per cent of firms still had malware on their networks despite having an up-to-date list on the latest malware.

“The situation is getting out of control,” said PandaLabs technologies manager, Luis Corrons.

After Panda Security found out this fact, they are planning on changing its malware detection architecture. They also launched a new website which offers free security assessments to users and businesses.

Source: Channel Register

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There is bug in the Windows GDI (Graphics Device Interface) that hackers are taking advantage of according to Symantec’s DeepSight threat service.

The bug was patched by Microsoft recently on April Patch Tuesday. Those who are using Windows XP with the third service pack are safe.

Symantec added in their report that initial attempts of the hackers were not successful. However, users should still apply the recent patch that Microsoft released to be secure from this flaw.

The flaw is accessible either through a malformed Windows Metafile or Enhanced Metafile image.

Source: NetworkWorld