A Tiger Issue Fix--Widget Download Security Hole in Safari

2004–09May 10, 2005Bill FoxSecurity
According to reader's note on Slashdot, there is a security hole in Tiger's Safari 2.0 that allows a malicious widget "Zaptastic" downloaded by Safari to cause problems. One can close the hole by unchecking Open "safe" files after downloading in the General preferences. More... [Bill Fox]



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