Apple's Mac App Store puts users at risk because it's slow to update vulnerable software, a security researcher said Wednesday.



From PC World:

Security blogger Joshua Long raised the issue yesterday when he pointed out that the Norwegian-made Opera browser has not been updated on the Mac App Store since March 1, 2011.

Since then, however, Opera has released two updates to add features, fix crash bugs and patch vulnerabilities in the browser. Yesterday, Opera updated to version 11.11, which closed a critical hole that could be exploited by attackers to infect a Mac with malicious code.

  Mac App Store's Slow Updates Expose Users to Security Risks