Apple patches 144 security flaws across seven products

Well, it looks like Apple isn't just releasing fancy new products this week, but also a full range of security patches.  This is good news for everyone in the Mac space as the number of malicious websites and potential hacks has increased.  It shows just one of the layers necessary to stay secure in today's digital space is a solid foundation from the OS manufacturers.
 

 
Original Article By Larry Seltzer for Zero Day
 
Summary: Patches are released for Mavericks, Mountain Lion, OS X Server and iTunes. A fix for the POODLE bug is included where appropriate. Most of the bugs are old ones in iTunes.
 
In addition to OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Apple released a number of other software updates on Thursday, largely for security fixes: Security Update 2014-005 for OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 and OS X Mavericks v10.9.5; OS X Server versions 2.2.5, 3.3.2 and 4.0; and iTunes 12.0.1. In total, 144 separate vulnerabilities are addressed in these updates.
 
More security updates may be coming on Monday, October 20 when Apple releases iOS 8.1. Expect many of the bugs fixed in Yosemite also to be fixed in iOS.
 Yosemite fixes 45 vulnerabilities across many parts of the operating system. Included is the fix for the Shellshock bug in the Bash shell, patched separately at the end of September. There is also a fix for the POODLE flaw in the design of the SSL version 3 protocol; Apple addressed it by disabling CBC cipher suites when TLS connection attempts fail.
 
Full article here: http://www.zdnet.com/apple-patches-144-security-flaws-across-seven-products-7000034791/