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Are Hackers Now Gunning for the Mac?
From:Joe Klemmer
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 06:05:44 -0400

Are Hackers Now Gunning for the Mac?
by Rebecca Freed < PC World >

In early October Apple released a small series of patches for Mac OS X
version 10.2 and later. Most of the fixes in this group blocked possible
denial-of-service problems that are, to date, theoretical. For example,
one addresses vulnerability in a Unix printing system that might expose
passwords to hackers, in uncommon situations.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118128,00.asp