Apple stays secure

Apple rushed to issue a patch to the recently revealed but 22-year-old ‘Shellshock’ security flaw identified in a core system component, Bash. This serious flaw could allow attackers to remotely execute malicious code or even take control of an OS X Mac. Any device running Linux or other Unix-based operating systems are also at risk, described by some observers as being as “bad as it gets” for web security. “The vast majority of OS X users are not at risk to recently reported Bash vulnerabilities,” Apple said. “With OS X, systems are safe by default and