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Apple Ends QuickTime for Windows Support Despite Zero-Day Risks – eWeek

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Apple Ends QuickTime for Windows Support Despite Zero-Day Risks
eWeek
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Apple users having trouble auto-updating QuickTime on Windows 8, 10

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A glitch with Apple’s QuickTime multimedia program has left some Windows users wondering why they’re having trouble updating to the latest version.

QuickTime has an auto-update mechanism, but it appears to not work on Windows 8 and 10, wrote Alton Blom, a Sydney-based security researcher, in a blog post.

Blom wrote that he found inconsistencies in how QuickTime and Apple’s Software Update tool interacted with each other depending on the versions of Windows and QuickTime installed.

For example, on Windows 8, QuickTime reported that it was up to date, but Apple’s Software Update tool said the application needed to be upgraded to 7.7.8, which is the latest version, Blom wrote.

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Windows PCs still riddled with unpatched Java, QuickTime and Adobe Reader

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US Windows users remain badly exposed to dozens of basic software vulnerabilities, according to third quarter 2014 figures from Danish security firm Secunia. Java was by far the worst offender with 42 percent of systems unpatched against one or more flaws.

In total, Java 7 suffered a humungous 145 vulnerabilities in the third quarter of 2014, which Secunia found to be running on two thirds of the US-based consumer systems it assessed. From this, 42 percent were in an unpatched state and therefore taking a big risk given the popularity of Java exploits among cyber-criminals.

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Keyjacking, Ubisoft data breach, Apple QuickTime holes – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

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Here’s the first 60 Second Security video of July, looking into some of the intriguing and interesting security stories of the past week. Neatly compressed into a minute of video, why not give it a whirl?
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