Apple Deploys First-Ever Automatic Patch to Fix NTP Flaw

Apple on Monday used an automatic security update mechanism for the first time to deploy a fix for a critical vulnerability in NTP, or Network Time Protocol, that was uncovered by a Google engineer.
The update for OS X Mountain Lion, Mavericks and Yosemite will be automatically downloaded to and installed on Macs whose owners have not changed a default setting in the operating system's preferences, Apple confirmed today.
"In light of a security threat to Unix-based systems including OS X, we