A serious vulnerability was patched by developers behind Git that closes the door on a flaw that could lead to arbitrary code execution on a developer’s system.

Apple released a number of patches, including a security update for iOS 11, which is available today.

The ramifications of the recent SHA-1 collision attack have extended to Git and the Apache Subversion repository, both of which rely on the outdated and vulnerable hashing algorithm.

A five-year-old Android vulnerability disclosed today affects hundreds of different device models going back to Jelly Bean 4.3. Older devices are at the greatest risk; newer devices running Android with SE Android, the OS’ implementation of Security Enhanced Linux, are at a lesser risk. The vulnerability allows attackers to escalate privileges on a device, leading...

Apple has updated its Xcode development environment, patching two vulnerabilities in its implementation of git. Git is a version control system, and in March its handlers patched two flaws that exposed the software to remote code execution. The new version of Xcode, 7.3.1, is available for El Capitain v 10.11 and later. Apple said it...