Mac OS Ken: 09.27.2012

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2012

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Security Researcher Finds Previously Undiscovered Zero-Day Vulnerability in Java 5, 6 and 7 iPhone 5 Gains First of Many Required Approvals for Sale in China The Verge: Lack of Turn-By-Turn for iOS Turned Apple Off of Built-In Google Maps Barclays Analyst Says Apple Needs to Address Maps Issue (Though He Seems Unclear on How) NYT: Street View Coming to Google Maps Web App “In Two Weeks” Free 20GB of iCloud Storage for MobileMe Transplants Ends Sunday 30 September Amazon Seeks to Have Appstore Trademark and False Advertising Suit Brought by Apple Dismissed RadioShack CEO Out of Job and Off the Board Apple Insider: Apple Takes iPod Socks Off of the Online Store

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:09.0	News of a new Java exploit.
0:09.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:11.0	News of a new Java exploit, more mulling over maps and socks seem to have gone on its
0:18.4	style.
0:19.4	It's Thursday September 27, 2012.
0:22.8	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacO.S. Can.
0:27.6	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by listeners like you.
0:31.8	Subscribers to Mac OS can day six more information is
0:36.3	available at MacoS can.com this show is also supported by the Mac OS can
0:42.4	podcast app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch,
0:47.0	available in the App Store now for $2.99.
0:52.1	Security researcher Adam Gaudiac has found another zero-day vulnerability in Java,
0:57.0	though he's not as worried this time as he was over the last one he found.
1:01.0	Computer World says the new vulnerability can affect every
1:04.3	currently supported version of Java which is bad but as far as he knows it's not
1:09.4	been exploited in the wild yet which is good. Gaudy Act says the vulnerability can be used to hijack a Windows machine or a Mac with
1:17.1	Java installed, letting Nair Duels install malware at will, which is bad. But Oracle says it will fix the issue in an upcoming
1:25.2	Java update, which is good. The next quarterly update for Java scheduled by Oracle
1:31.3	will drop on October 16th, which is good, though there's no guarantee that that update will fix Gaudiac's latest zero-day find, which would be bad.
1:41.0	Whether the fix is in the next Java update or the one after that or the one after that,
1:47.6	Gaudiac suggests people disable the Java plugin in their browsers until a fix is in.
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