Six security holes fixed in Safari 4.0.3

Filed Under: Apple, Data loss, Vulnerability

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Apple has updated Safari to version 4.0.3, reportedly fixing some stability and compatibility issues but also, most importantly to readers of this blog, plugging a number of security holes.

And don't think you can get away with not updating if you run Safari on Windows XP or Vista, because two of the security patches only apply to the version of Apple's browser that runs on Microsoft's operating system.

It doesn't matter whether you run Safari on a Mac OS X or Windows computers, it's important that you apply these security patches detailed in a security advisory on Apple's website.

The vulnerabilities include a fix for Safari promoting malicious websites on its at-a-glance "Top Sites" view, unwanted data leakage, and an exploit that could be used by hackers to run malicious code on your computer,

Clearly it's very important that Safari users update their systems as soon as possible.

Affected users can either retrieve the update to Safari via Apple's Software Update feature, or download it directly from Apple's website.

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Graham Cluley is senior technology consultant at Sophos. The readers of Computer Weekly voted him security blogger of the year in 2009 and 2010, and he pipped Stephen Fry to the title of "Twitter user of the year" too. Which was nice. He was also named "Best Security Blogger" by the readers of SC Magazine in 2011. You can subscribe to Graham's updates on Facebook, follow him on Twitter and circle him on Google Plus for regular updates.