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10.5.2 fixes and misses

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Steven Fisher

In addition to the Time Machine security issue I reported (radar link) ((You won’t be able to follow this link; it’s in case anyone from Apple stumbles across this post and wants to look up these bugs. See rdar:// urls … Continue reading →

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Apple claims fix to Time Machine security bug

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Steven Fisher

Apple claims to have fixed the issue where applications could run automatically out of a Time Machine backup. Look for CVE-2008-0038 in Apple’s About the security content of Mac OS X 10.5.2 and Security Update 2008-001 . Thanks to Apple … Continue reading →

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Time Machine failure details

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Here’s what it looks like: Latest backup failed, I see. So what’s the latest backup that actually worked? You can’t tell here. And what failed? You can’t tell that, either. “Click that red icon!” you might think. Here’s what that … Continue reading →

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AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is ignoring two Mac data loss issues. One is an old bug (that really should be fixed). The other is an apparent abundance of failing hard drives: Meanwhile, U.K.-based data-recovery firm Retrodata is warning Apple … Continue reading →

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Mac OS X runs deleted applications

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Steven Fisher

I filed this as radar #5574036, but it seems significant to share: Imagine that you trash an application because of a security flaw. Say, it handles the URL type foofoo, and is proven to be a security risk. But the … Continue reading →

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