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Title: Sparkle Updater vulnerability puts ‘huge’ number of Mac apps at risk of hijacking
Post by: HCK on February 10, 2016, 09:00:20 am
Sparkle Updater vulnerability puts ‘huge’ number of Mac apps at risk of hijacking

A new vulnerability in Sparkle has put a “huge” number of Mac applications at risk for hijacking. For those unfamiliar, Sparkle is a tool used often by third-party apps that are not in the App Store to allow updates to be pushed to users. Apps susceptible to this hijacking hack include Camtasia, uTorrent, DuetDisplay, and […]<img alt="" border="0" src="(http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif)?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=418578&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Source: Sparkle Updater vulnerability puts ‘huge’ number of Mac apps at risk of hijacking (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/rwdR5S6rSbc/)