You may have heard about Shellshock which is a serious bug affecting potentially milllions of computers around the world. The flaw has been found in a software component known as Bash, which is a part of many Linux operating systems as well as Apple’s Mac OS X
. The Shellshock bug can be used to remotely take control of almost any system using Bash.
For once, anyone using Windows can relax. The bug affects web servers and PCs running Linux as well as Mac OS X. Most of our websites are hosted on shared Linux web servers and have already been patched. If you have a VPS, Hybrid Server & Dedicated Server then you will need to update your own system.
For once, anyone using Windows can relax.
All Mac users running Mac OS X will need to update using the patch provided by Apple, although there are concerns that this may be incomplete – Apple’s Shellshock patch for Macs is incomplete, says security researcher
Whatever operating system you use it is important to keep your systems up to date and be vigilant as cyber crime becomes more and more significant.
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