By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple is fixing a vulnerability in Safari for macOS, that seems to date back to the dawn of Intel Macs.Icon for Safari in macOSThe Defcon hacking conference is taking place from August 8 to August 11 in Las Vegas, which hosts talks about newly discovered security issues. One talk set to occur over the long weekend will discuss an issue with Safari that Apple has worked to fix.The exploit, discovered by Oligo Security, is a zero-day vulnerability involving the IP address 0.0.0.0. Dubbed “0.0.0.0 Day” by the researchers, it exposes a flaw in how browsers handle network requests, which can be abused to access sensitive local services. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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