From CNET: Apple is updating its Macs to guard against hackers taking control -- the first time a Mac update has been sent out automatically without requiring your permission.
The automated security update protects Apple laptops and desktops from newly discovered security vulnerability CVE-2014-9295, which affects OS X and other Linux and Unix distributions.
Speaking to Reuters, Apple spokesperson Bill Evans described Monday's update as "seamless" and noted that Mac users don't even need to restart their computers.
Apple isn't the only company that could be vulnerable to the security bug, which was revealed Friday by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute. Researchers warn that vulnerabilities in a computer's network time protocol (NTP), which sync a computer's clocks, could allow hackers to take control of a computer remotely.
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