Apple plans fix next week for newly uncovered Freak security bug

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http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BM.xIak9TcIdr9QH4S5RgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-03-03T214116Z_2_LYNXMPEB22107_RTROPTP_2_USA-APPLE.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/apple-plans-fix-next-week-newly-uncovered-freak-205000842--finance.html)An Apple Inc spokesman said on Tuesday that the company plans to release a fix next week to mitigate the newly uncovered 'Freak' security flaw affecting Safari browsers on its iOS and OS X operating systems for mobile devices and Macs. The vulnerability in web encryption technology could enable attackers to spy on communications of users with vulnerable software, including Apple's Safari browser and Google Inc's Android browser, according to researchers who uncovered the flaw. A representative for Google said he had no immediate comment. The Washington Post reported that the bug left users of Apple and Google devices vulnerable to cyberattack when visiting hundreds of thousands of websites, including Whitehouse.gov, NSA.gov and FBI.gov.



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