In order to exploit most flaws the attacker would need to either be on your local network or your router's firewall has to let them through, which has to be manually set up.
I wouldn't worry too much just yet unless if you regularly use free wifi networks Regards Sam -- MacAmbulance Sam Mullen 07747778022 [email protected] > On 28 Dec 2014, at 13:07, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > > All done on all machines. > > Just quickly though, I'm mindful that over the years, I've always told > friends and family "not to worry with system clogging antivirus stuff for a > Mac. Just be sensible online, and don't type admin passwords in unless you > know why, and you'll be fine." > > Are those days over? Seems this NTP vulnerability for SnowLeopard/Lion > machines is rather worrying? > > I've always bought the line that OSX is inherently secure (as Unix based), > compared to Windows?! > > Am I out of touch/misinformed/naive all 3?! > > Do hope you all had a great Christmas and some enjoyed some new Apple > products! > > AP > > >> On Tuesday, December 23, 2014 1:43:41 PM UTC, Nicholas Holt wrote: >> critical - Apple’s terminology. It was released today. You can get it via >> the App Store. Apple is suggesting it’s installed asap. >> >> >> N > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
