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Quicktime 7.6 fixes security flaws
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| Despite the fact that Mac OS/X is BSD Unix beneath Apple's proprietary
| eye-candy desktop GUI, Apple doesn't offer a Linux version of Quicktime.
| However, Mplayer for Linux handles Quicktime encoded files. Mplayer for Linux
| is not implicated by Apple's Quicktime video player security flaws
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/560/1050560/quicktime-fixes-security-flaws
Related:
Researcher Finds New Flaw in QuickTime for Windows
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| A security think tank says it has found a vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime
| multimedia player that can be exploited remotely to compromise Windows Vista
| PCs upgraded to Service Pack 1, as well as XP SP2.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145189/researcher_finds_new_flaw_in_quicktime_for_windows.html
Government issues threat note on Windows, Apple Quicktime
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| The government has issued a high-security threat note against popular
| applications including Windows Vista, XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003,
| Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Project Microsoft Visio Internet Explorer and
| the Quicktime software from Apple as they have been found highly vulnerable
| to virus attacks.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Government_issues_threat_note_on_Windows_Apple/articleshow/2957870.cms
QuickTime 7.1.6 on Linux with Wine
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| Wine can be easily installed using apt-get, yum, synaptic, emerge, etc.
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http://wine-review.blogspot.com/2007/08/quicktime-716-on-linux-with-wine.html
Worm uses QuickTime to spread on MySpace
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| A malicious video on MySpace.com pages changes people's profiles
| when played, embedding itself and adding links to fraudulent Web
| sites, experts have warned.
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http://news.com.com/2100-7349-6140613.html?tag=tb
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