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Apple posts huge security update for Mac OS

Security Update 2007-009 plugged holes in Apple’s own code and that of some of the open-source components it integrates with the Tiger and Leopard operating systems. Nearly half of the 41 vulnerabilities - at least 17 were marked by Apple as capable of “arbitrary code execution,” which is the company’s way of saying an exploit could conceivably result in malware infiltrating a Mac or enabling a hacker hijack of the machine.

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