More security flaws in Mac OSX
Californian Security Researcher Tom Ferris has found another seven security flaws 
in Mac OSX.
They mostly involve the handling of images and decompression of zip files.
He expects that they will be addressed in the next Apple security update.
A St Louis Post-Dispatch article on the flaws urges caution , “Avoid opening strange or unusual e-mail attachments, and beware of Web links embedded in unsolicited Web correspondence.”
As many people pointed out during the excitement of the last round of security flaws, this has been pretty sensible advice since, like, forever.
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April 25th, 2006 at 5:56 am
As a reminder, just like Linux users, you aren’t going to be doing too much damage unless your system is allowed ‘root’ access. While these are holes in the system we’re talking about, they would still require root to overtake much, and by default root is not enabled on your mac unless a nerd like me decides to do it.
This fundamental user control system is why linux and mac are largely much more secure than windows.