How will we know if the update has occurred?
On Dec 23, 2014, at 3:10 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Merry Christmas! > > Ho, Ho, Ho, it’s about time for the big guy. Best wishes for a very Blessed > Holiday and a wonderful new year, may it be our best. > > I also wanted to let the Mac users in the group know they should keep their > machines running so Apple can do an automatic update, the very FIRST they > have ever done since introducing the technology a few years ago. > > This means they will do the update WITHOUT you having to do anything, no > approval required and no restart. A flaw was discovered that affects EVERY > computer, including industrial control systems. > > What the other guys will do about this for their users I haven’t a clue but > it was discovered Friday and Apple forced the update Monday so if your Mac > was running you are O.K., Apple also says they know of no breaches. > > Our world is amazing in this 21st Century but it’s also quite fragile to so > many areas of breach. Staying informed is a responsibility we each can’t > ignore. > > So, if you have gotten the update you can now sit back and look for the fella > in the Red Coat paying you a visit. > > Be safe! > > John > > > Critical flaw forces Apple to push Mac update for first time > <c1e799c9-1a4e-4aac-a4a7-86b2037d897d_gigaom-logo.png> By David Meyer > > > > Apple has pushed an automatic update to Macs for the first time, in order to > fix a critical vulnerability in the network time protocol (NTP), which is > used to synchronize computers’ clocks. > > The company typically uses its software update mechanism to issue security > updates, with users consciously being involved in the process, but this one > was extraordinarily urgent, and led Apple to use an automatic update > mechanism that it developed a couple years back but had not used until Monday. > > Apple spokesman Bill Evans told Reuters that the firm wanted to protect > customers as quickly as possible – and indeed, when it was first released on > Monday ahead of the automated push, the update was unusually entitled: > “Install this update as soon as possible.” > > The flaw was flagged up by the U.S. government on Friday – it doesn’t just > affect Macs, but also systems all the way up to industrial control systems, > and the government needed to warn those running critical infrastructure. > According to that warning: > > Evans told Reuters that Apple was not aware of any exploitations of the flaw > in Macs. The update, which doesn’t require a restart, was released for OS X > Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks v10.9.5, and OS X Yosemite v10.10.1. > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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