Apple ships Java bring up to date, malware scrubber subsequent to confirming attacks on own Macs
The daytime it acknowledged company-owned Macs had been hacked using a "drive-by" Java exploit, Apple on Tuesday patched the soothsayer software in favor of big systems and released a malware detection tool.
The Apple-issued "Java in favor of Mac OS X v10.6 bring up to date 13" aimed next to OS X snowfall Leopard incorporated patches in favor of the same 30 vulnerabilities taking part in Java 6 with the purpose of were addressed taking part in a special Feb. 1 bring up to date, in the role of well in the role of three fixes with the purpose of had not been released earlier.
Plus on Tuesday, soothsayer updated Java 7. Like Apple, soothsayer really bundled the Feb. 1 fixes with several inexperienced patches to create Java 7 bring up to date 15.
Snowfall Leopard users can grab Apple's Java bring up to date 13 by selecting "Software Update" from the Apple menu. Customers running OS X Lion before OS X Mountain Lion be obliged to bring up to date Java 7 themselves, either by manually downloading the bring up to date from Oracle's website before waiting in favor of the Java bring up to date tool to make so.
The inequality taking part in updating flanked by snowfall Leopard and afterward editions stems from Apple's decision taking part in mid-2010 to discontinue bundling Java with OS X. As an alternative, it handed sour development and maintenance of Java in favor of OS X to soothsayer. Patches in favor of Java 7 are along these lines not delivered to Lion and Mountain Lion via Apple's Software bring up to date service.
In the role of it did while it shipped the Feb. 1 updates, soothsayer again urged users to straight away deploy the patches. "Due to the danger posed by a flourishing attack, soothsayer strongly recommends with the purpose of customers apply CPU fixes in the role of soon in the role of workable," its Tuesday advisory declared.
Plus taking part in Apple's bring up to date was a malware detection and deletion tool the company pledged to freedom Tuesday.
"This bring up to date runs a malware ejection tool with the purpose of long for remove the the majority shared variants of malware," Apple alleged taking part in the advisory. "If malware is found, it presents a dialog notifying the user with the purpose of malware was detached. In attendance is veto indication to the user if malware is not found. This bring up to date is open in favor of systems with the purpose of installed Java 6."
With the purpose of tool -- if not Tuesday's Java updates, which had been previously scheduled -- was promised while Apple fixed with the purpose of certain company Macs had been hacked through Java exploits.
"We identified a lesser come to of systems contained by Apple with the purpose of were infected and isolated them from our set of contacts," Apple alleged Tuesday taking part in a statement. "There is veto evidence with the purpose of several data not here Apple."
Apple alleged with the purpose of the technology had been compromised subsequent to their users visited an unnamed website in favor of software developers. Multiple news sources, plus the fence Street Journal's All Things D blog, identified the position in the role of iPhoneDevSDK.
The same infection tactic -- executing drive-by Java exploits touching unpatched technology -- was cited by Facebook live week while it announced with the purpose of certain employees' computers had been infected aforementioned to Feb. 1.
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