Apple sent a mandatory security update for OS X system fills a very serious loophole





Apple  sent automatically to the latest version of the operating personal computers and mobile phones OS X system update, where he was blocked several serious security vulnerabilities, including a loophole that allows hackers remote control device.

He had appeared loophole in systems that rely on the Unix kernel, such as Apple's OS X system, and specifically related to the gap network NTP timing of which is used to synchronize the computer's clock system protocol.

The Department of Homeland Security and the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University have reported the first gap end of last week as damaged products and systems of several technology companies including Apple OSX system.
In the past, Apple has been sending security updates which discovered loopholes plugged in their systems, but they usually require the consent of the user to download and install the update. But two years ago, managed to reach a new technique used to pay for security updates automatically, but they have never used before even today as this update is the first security update will automatically be applied without the consent of the user indicates the seriousness of the gap that must be bridged.

It is worth mentioning that the user will not feel mostly the coming update and upload it so that it does not need to restart the device to activate.






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