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blog.intego.com - 9/18/2008

The Mac Security Blog

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QuickTime Bug Discovered: May Be Vector for Attack Apple’s QuickTime, the media software used to play music and movies on Mac OS X and Windows, has recently been update to version 7.5.5, but a serious bug has already been discovered that may be used as a vector for malicious attacks. The ...

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