Microsoft Fixes Security Flaw Making Apple Users Vulnerable to Hackers

Microsoft has patched a security vulnerability in Remote Desktop app for Mac systems that allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on a computer. Specifically, Microsoft Remote Desktop client for Mac was affected by a remote code execution flaw that exists in version 8.0.36 and older and which made it possible for cybercriminals to send commands to a machine that they previously compromised with the help of a malicious link. The link can be submitted to the target system in a wide variety of ways, such as email and instant messaging, and once clicked, it makes the system easily accessible from a Terminal Server that can read and write any file in the home directory of the logged in user. Bug report in July last year The vulnerability was discovered by Italian security researcher Filippo Cavallarin, who said that Microsoft ...