The Latest in IT Security

Apple Fixes Cookie Access Vulnerability in Safari on Billions of Devices

15
Apr
2015

safari_cookie-680x400

When Apple pushed out its most recent round of patches last week it fixed a cookie vulnerability that existed in all versions of Safari, including those that run on iOS, OS X, and Windows. According to researchers who dug it up, the number of affected devices may total one billion.

The issue – present in Webkit – is technically a cross-domain vulnerability, meaning that an attacker could rig web content to bypass some of the normal cross-domain restrictions when a user views it. The attacker could then use that access to modify HTTP cookies on a website.

Read More

Leave a reply


Categories

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024
WHITE PAPERS

Mission-Critical Broadband – Why Governments Should Partner with Commercial Operators:
Many governments embrace mobile network operator (MNO) networks as ...

ARA at Scale: How to Choose a Solution That Grows With Your Needs:
Application release automation (ARA) tools enable best practices in...

The Multi-Model Database:
Part of the “new normal” where data and cloud applications are ...

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments