{"id":1446,"date":"2015-01-23T09:38:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T17:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2015-01-23T09:38:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T17:38:17","slug":"three-os-x-security-vulnerabilities-published-by-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=1446","title":{"rendered":"Three OS X Security Vulnerabilities Published by Google"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google isn\u2019t playing very nice with the competition. The company recently targeted Microsoft by publishing three Windows security exploits, including one that Microsoft was about to patch just 24 hours later, and now it\u2019s taking on Apple.<\/p>\n

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Google\u2019s Project Zero team recently published three OS X security exploits to its Google Security Research website, which were recently spotted by\u00a0Ars Technica<\/em>. The news outlet suspects that Apple may have already patched one of the exploits found in OS X Yosemite, but Apple won\u2019t confirm or deny those exploits.<\/p>\n

Project Zero doesn\u2019t just publish the exploits willy-nilly, however. It does actually report them to the parent company, in this case Apple, and gives them 90 days to fix the issue before it publishes its findings for all to see.<\/p>\n

The problem with the publication of these exploits,\u00a0Ars Technica\u00a0<\/em>explained, is that would-be hackers can actually use some of the proof-of-concept code published by Google to attack the vulnerabilities discussed in OS X.<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s Project Zero team will likely continue to do this. It clearly believes that firms should be held responsible for the code. Microsoft has argued that there are better and more secure ways to handle it, however. Hit the source for a deeper dive into what Google\u2019s team found.<\/p>\n

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SOURCE<\/span> GOOGLE<\/a>, GOOGLE (2)<\/a>, GOOGLE (3)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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