25.10.2013 17:05 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Apple Safari catches up with rivals on Flash security

While not a security cure-all, Apple's decision to finally place the Adobe Flash Player within its own sandbox in Safari will make one of hackers' favorite targets harder to exploit, experts say.[Apple iCloud keychain in OS X Mavericks gets mixed reviews]Adobe said Wednesday that starting with Apple's latest version of Mac OS X, Mavericks, Safari will leverage the same protective technique that has been used for sometime in other major Web browsers, including Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox."I think this is long overdue," Bogdan Botezatu, security researcher for Bitdefender, said. "Most security issues on OS X are caused by third-party code such as Java or Flash Player."Sandboxing refers to placing an application in a container that prevents the software from accessing computer resources or services that are not essential to its operati

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