Major Flaw in Apple's Safari Browser Gives Hackers Access to Personal Information

Apple may have a reputation as a security leader, but it's not entirely accurate. Its OS can be hacked like any other (at hacking conventions like Def Con, Mac OS has not proven significantly more secure than Windows), and now, blogger and white hat hacker (the good kind) in Apple's Safari browser.

The flaw originates from Safari's unusual auto-fill system. In most browsers, when you fill in an address, phone number, name, or other common bit of...