Heads up for Apple users.

Apple promises iPhone, iPad security flaw fix as security experts warn of hacking threat.

Apple says it will issue a software update “very soon” to cut off the ability of spies and hackers to grab email, financial information and other sensitive data from Mac computers.

Confirming researchers’ findings that a major security flaw in iPhones and iPads also appears in notebook and desktop machines running Mac OS X, Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller told Reuters: “We are aware of this issue and already have a software fix that will be released very soon.”

Apple released a fix on Friday afternoon for the mobile devices running iOS and most will update automatically.

Once that fix came out, experts dissected it and saw the same fundamental issue in the operating system for Apple’s mainstream computers.

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