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An 18-year-old Safari loophole exploited by hackers is finally being fixed by Apple

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Hackers have been exploiting a loophole in Apple 's Safari , Google Chrome , and Mozilla Firefox browsers for the past 18 years .

The loophole is caused by the way browsers handle queries to a 0.0.0 IP address.

Apple has confirmed to Forbes that it will block this loophole in the beta of its new Mac software.

Google is also planning to do the same with Chrome , but Mozilla hasn't yet developed a solution for Firefox .

VR Score

51

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41

Neutral language

24

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formal

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English

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56

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short-lived

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