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Researcher discovers QuickTime zero-day: Researcher discovers QuickTime zero-dayHere we go again..Same old song again.....but wait, i dont use Quicktime anymore so im safe :); Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple QuickTime; Discussion threads 2008-04-22
Researcher discovers QuickTime zero-day: White hat hacker Petko D. Petkov has discovered a zero-day vulnerability in a patched version of Apple's QuickTime player for XP and Vista and has the video to prove it. Ryan Naraine has the video from Petkov, founder of the GNUCitizen think tank. In...; Tags: Apple QuickTime, Video, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Apple bolsters QuickTime defenses... or do they?: Apple bolsters QuickTime defenses... or do they?Cheer, why?You rag on MS for not being secure, but then when they add things for sucurityand some programs dont work you blame MS. Why cheer Apple when 15 months after Vista comes out they make a half hearted to use its security features,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple QuickTime; Discussion threads 2008-04-10
MediaEdit (zip): MediaEdit 3 is the easy-to-use movie editing software designed for the consumer. Experience a better way to edit. Built completely from the ground up with the latest video editing technologies. It supports unlimited media layers, comes with standard filters and transitions, and edits more than just DV. It can edit...; Tags: Apple QuickTime, Video Editing, Video, Mien Software, MediaEdit 3, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2008-04-09
Apple bolsters QuickTime defenses... or do they?: A couple of great articles came out recently, one from Ryan Naraine and one from our very own Larry Dignan, about some of the defenses that Apple is trying to build into QuickTime to defend Vista users. As we've talked about here before, with Vista, it's all...; Tags: Apple QuickTime, Blog, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Data Execution Prevention, ASLR, David Maynor, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Blogging, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-04-08

Apple bolsters QuickTime defenses: Apple bolsters QuickTime defensesThe PWN to OWN contest was a HUGE black eye for AppleHowever, if Apple truly changes its cavalier attitude towards security because of it then we all win. My question is why it took so long to add ALSR to the Windows version when the OS X...; Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Apple QuickTime; Discussion threads 2008-04-08
Apple bolsters QuickTime defenses: Apple is adding several anti-hacking features to QuickTime in an effort to build up the media player's defenses. Ryan Naraine reports that exploit prevention mechanisms have been added to QuickTime in its latest batch of patches. Ryan notes: According to a source familiar...; Tags: Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc., Move, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-08
Wayback Machine: Microsoft's shot to kill Quicktime video: Ten years ago, give a week or so, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced QuickTime 3.0 to the National Association of Broadcasters' convention. Behind the scenes in the months before the introduction, Microsoft was playing hardball with hardware and software vendors over its new A/V APIs along with demands to kill...; Tags: Software, Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc., Mr., Video, Microsoft Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Apple patches 11 QuickTime flaws: Apple patches 11 QuickTime flawsGreat, means they'll beg me to download iTunes again...I only have QuickTime installed. Every QuickTime is patched, Apple Software Update ASU begs me to download the iTunes+QuickTime bundle, even though the first time iTunes was offered I said ignore it via the menu (and, I...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, SECURITY, Apple Inc., Apple Software, Apple QuickTime; Discussion threads 2008-04-03
Apple patches 11 QuickTime flaws: Apple pushed out the latest version of QuickTime and patched 11 vulnerabilities in its third security update of 2008. Late Wednesday, Apple pushed the update, which covers QuickTime on all platforms. The following flaws affect QuickTime on Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later,...; Tags: Java Applet, Apple QuickTime, Java, Movie, Apple Inc., Applet, Flaw, CVE-2008-1014, Movie File, CVE-2008-1015, Application Termination, CVE-2008-1021, CVE-2008-1022, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Mozilla CEO accuses Apple of malware distribution practices: Mozilla CEO accuses Apple of malware distribution practicesWhy should you be FORCED to uncheck the box??Seriously, people downloaded iTunes and any updates should be limited to iTunes.Why should any company have the right to FORCE the installation of an unwanted or unrequested software product??The checkbox should be unchecked BY DEFAULT....; Tags: Digital music, Web browsers, Digital media, Apple Inc., malware distribution practice, Mozilla Corp., auto-Update, Apple QuickTime, Apple iTunes; Discussion threads 2008-03-21
Mozilla CEO blasts Apple for distributing Safari 3.1 for Window on its iTunes update site: Mozilla CEO blasts Apple for distributing Safari 3.1 for Window on its iTunes update siteHate to say it...but if you have iTunes you have to have QuickTime, iTunes won't run without it. But you can have QuickTime without iTunes, just make sure you select the right download.And to be fair...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, window, Firefox beta, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Mozilla Corp., Safari 3.1, Apple QuickTime; Discussion threads 2008-03-21
Sorenson Video (hqx): Sorenson Video is a QuickTime compatible video codec designed for developers of applications or Web sites that require compressed video segments. Sorenson Video offers superior video quality at lower data rates than other competing compression technologies. Best of all, the Basic Edition of the encoder and the full decoder of...; Tags: Apple QuickTime, Codec, Video, Sorenson Communications, Sorenson Video, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Marketing, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-02-27
Final Cut Pro QT Render Plug-in (dmg): The QuickTime Render plug-in addresses a compatibility issue between Final Cut Pro 4 and QuickTime 6.4 that occurs when rendering non-DV clips in DV sequences. It is strongly recommended for all Final Cut Pro 4 users. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc., Plug-in, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2008-02-27
Perian (1): Perian is a open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats. Perian enables QuickTime application support for additional Media Types AVI, FLV, and MKV file formats ; MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivX, H.264, FLV1, FSV1, VP6, H263I, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video,...; Tags: Apple QuickTime, H.264, Perian Project, Digital Media, Digital Video, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-02-21
Exploit+code+surfaces+for+Microsoft+Works%2C+QuickTime: Exploit+code+surfaces+for+Microsoft+Works%2C+QuickTimeQuickTime just needs to die.No comment on Works, no experience, is it still used much? Reading the history of Zero Day though, it still amazes me that Apple has not been targeted with a class action lawsuit since it mandates the use of one the worst pieces of garbage...; Tags: Digital music, Office suites, Digital media, Apple QuickTime; Discussion threads 2008-02-14
Exploit code surfaces for Microsoft Works, QuickTime: Exploit code for Microsoft Works--which was just patched on Tuesday--and QuickTime is making the rounds. First up, the Microsoft Works exploit. A hacker dubbed "chujwamwdupe," who also makes Teletubbies references for giggles, posted the following: A vulnerability exists in WPS to RTF convert filter that is...; Tags: Apple QuickTime, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Works, Office Suites, Digital Music, Digital Media, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-14
Secunia: Skype, Java, QuickTime, PDF patches oh my; It's been an ugly 24 hours for Windows users: The last 24 hours has been a patch barrage with Sun, Adobe, Apple and Skype all issuing patches. But what's notable is how these patches affect Windows users. According to statistics compiled via Secunia's PSI application the number of users that need to get patching is staggering....; Tags: Apple QuickTime, Adobe PDF, Java, Patch Management, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Windows, Secunia, Computer, Patches, Productivity, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-07
Apple drops QuickTime patch: Apple drops QuickTime patchthanks for letting us knowI kind of thought Ryan would report this early, given his displeasure with the fault.But in any case, nice to have Quicktime, and safe again.so you stopped using ActiveXbecause of the endless security problemshttp://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=850but for some reason the endless patching of QT means...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-02-06
Apple drops QuickTime patch: Apple on Wednesday dropped a patch for QuickTime to fix a arbitrary code execution vulnerability. Relative to other recent QuickTime patches this one was small--only one vulnerability that could lead to an "unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution" if a user visits a malicious Web site....; Tags: Apple QuickTime, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., QuickTime 7.4.1, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-06