Apple Macs have been in the news for the last few weeks regarding a number of security issues. It's important that all computer users are protected against the latest attacks, and have their computers properly patched against vulnerabilities in the operating system. It would be a mistake to think that security flaws are only found in Microsoft's products.
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It will be interesting to see if they decide to break the cycle and release a patch earlier in response to the increasing number of exploits of this problem.
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