Security Updates for Apple MacIntosh Computers

These updates fix software defects that affect security. If a defect exists, even if you do everything right, bad things may still happen. Defects in clients like web browsers, email clients, image viewers, instant messaging software, and media players may allow malicious web sites, email messages, IM messages, images, and sound files to infect or compromise your computer with no action on your part other than viewing or listening to the web site, message, or media. Defects in server software, like web servers, web applications, and core operating system services, can allow your computer to be infected or compromised just by being on the network and powered on.

For products not listed, try the list of vendor web sites and security notification listservs. The SecurityFocus vulnerability database and the Open Source Vulnerability Database can also be used as references for installed software. There is also a list of vendor security resources on the RUNSAFE site.

The Cassandra service will allow you to set up profiles indicating products of interest to you and receive email notifications when vulnerabilities associated with those products are reported. The service is offered by the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University.