Adware Bug in Mac OS X Revealed

Adware can be placed in Mac OS X by an attacker without needing an administrator password or privileges, according to a CNet article. The adware launches when a regular application is run. A company called F-Secure revealed the bug using a program that it had been sent as an example.

This bug joins the disk image flaw revealed last week and the AppleTalk protocol bug as recent examples of security holes in Mac OS X. More... [Dana Baggett]