Safari carpet bomb threat Pshaw, says Apple | NotebookReview

You know a situation is not good when a security warning about an Apple product comes from Microsoft.

Microsoft warns against using Safari

I love this part:

Apple's security pros, upon learning of the so-called carpet bombing vulnerability, said they didn't see it as a significant threat. A researcher in Cupertino wrote to Dhanjani that it may get fixed at some point down the road as "a further measure to raise the bar against unwanted downloads," but said it could take a quite a while, if ever, for that to happen.

Apple's unfortunate refusal probably explains why Microsoft's security arm has resorted to the unusual recommendation. We can't remember the last time Redmond counseled users to avoid installing a mainstream product for security reasons. Apple representatives didn't respond to a request to comment for this story.

And before any Mac users decide this is an issue they can safely ignore, remember this: While Microsoft's recommendation obviously is limited to Windows users, Dhanjani says the carpet bombing scenario can play out on OS X, too.

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Great response there, Apple (or lack of when the media outlet contacted them). Capital job.

Safari carpet bomb threat? Pshaw, says Apple

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