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Security vulnerabilities hit Linux and OS X

security holesMaybe this isn't enough to sound the bell across the land, but, as expected, there are still security vulnerabilities out there hitting the Linux and Mac folks. Last week there was that Mac Trojan, which was just a proof-of-concept (and not a good one at that). There's still a nasty Safari hole that Ars Technica is insisting is a major problem. I'm inclined to agree, shell scripts can do some damage. And then I see a worm for Linux that targets Mambo and PHP. The PHP fix has been out for a while (provided you update things regularly), but the Mambo hole is still there. Ah security, will it ever end? As long as people use computers, I think not. My first virus (and hence, exposure to the need for security) was on a Mac, what was yours?