[Ti] SECURITY ALERT

[Marc Farnum Rendino]

At 2:22 PM -0700 on 04/05/22, Kent Harris wrote:


>Since you guys use Mac's...
>
>Do NOT browse the internet with your Macintosh, there is a HUGE 
>security hole!...

Let's not over-react here; there is, as yet, a _potential_ problem - 
there has been no info yet that it's been exploited and used top 
cause any damage - and certainly no reason to panic.

For the best info yet on it, check

	<http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/playground/security/diskURLscheme/>

Do install Apple's 5/24 security update and do install "Paranoid 
Android" and do watch which URIs it then warns you about; some might 
be valid, but if you don't recognize it, skip it.

Yes, it's serious, but no, it's not the end of the world.

- Marc

(BTW: From the opening of the message I'm replying to, it sounds 
awfully like the other, gleeful "See! I told you Macs were no better 
than Windows!" messages currently circulating - based on incomplete 
and inaccurate info. Ah well...)