As we continue to live in this computer age, millions of lines of code are written.  And with the millions of lines of code come vulnerabilities from the left, the right, and all around.  So far, in the news this week, jail broken iPhones have encountered their first worm.  Hailing from Austrailia, this worm will change your wallpaper background to a photo of Rick Astley.  The current fix can be found on Sophos which details the fix.  For you law abiding citizens who haven’t jail broken your iPhone – keeping legal does have its security advantages.

Now as if Apple wasn’t in the news enough, ZDNet reports that Apple has released a large patch that covers 58 security vulnerabilities.  Most of these vulnerabilities will allow your little Mac to become a complete zombie by allowing a remote attacker to gain total control of the system.  As such, the severity of this patch has been deemed “extremely critical”.  So before you go on surfing your merry way, remember to check for your Apple updates today.

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