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Shellshock [i]was found inside a piece of software called Bash, which is used by Apple’s Mac operating system as well as Linux systems and internet servers relied upon by governments, banks and the military[i]
Apparently the whole world is now falling apart as a result but can us Windows users enjoy a touch of schadenfreude? Some Apple and Linux users have gloated for years that, unlike Windows, their OS's were safe and now it turns out that they have had an exploitable flaw for 20 years.
Shellshock [i]was found inside a piece of software called Bash, which is used by Apple’s Mac operating system as well as Linux systems and internet servers relied upon by governments, banks and the military[i]
Apparently the whole world is now falling apart as a result but can us Windows users enjoy a touch of schadenfreude? Some Apple and Linux users have gloated for years that, unlike Windows, their OS's were safe and now it turns out that they have had an exploitable flaw for 20 years.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Note, it's not just commuters that are vulnerable, routers and other devices are also exposed. Here is a goodish article from the mac side
http:// www.mac observe r.com/t mo/arti cle/she llshock -bash-s ecurity -threat
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Yes, I know that routers/servers are also involved (included in the snippet that I included) it's just that I have come across some users of those other systems who denigrate Windows for the very problem that they have had all along.
20 years and nobody's exploited it... perhaps we simply are unaware of those that have
20 years and nobody's exploited it... perhaps we simply are unaware of those that have