Safari holes closed and extensions opened

Apple has launched Safari 5.0.1 with a number of vulnerabilities patched up and add-ons made available.

One hole was in Safari's AutoFill feature, which could have let slip information to websites without users knowing about it. This has now been fixed, along with 14 other security flaws in the updated version of the browser.

Safari Extensions has also now been switched on, after developers created plenty of new add-ons for users to play around with.

A number of big names from the web world have produced add-ons that can be acquired either through the Safari Extensions Gallery or a developer's site.

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One addition is the new Amazon extension that lets customers add items from any website to their Amazon Wish List with just one click.

Other extensions include ones from Twitter, Bing and the New York Times. All add-ons have been built with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript web standards.

"We're thrilled to see so many leading developers creating great extensions and think our users are going to love being able to customise Safari," said Brian Croll, Apple's vice president of OS X product marketing.

Safari 5 was launched last month on the same day as the iPhone 4 was unveiled.

Tom Brewster is currently an associate editor at Forbes and an award-winning journalist who covers cyber security, surveillance, and privacy. Starting his career at ITPro as a staff writer and working up to a senior staff writer role, Tom has been covering the tech industry for more than ten years and is considered one of the leading journalists in his specialism.

He is a proud alum of the University of Sheffield where he secured an undergraduate degree in English Literature before undertaking a certification from General Assembly in web development.