A cyber security team at the US
Department of Homeland Security is advising people to remove QuickTime
media software from Windows computers to avoid being hacked.
The US Computer Security Readiness Team (CERT) on Thursday
issued an alert after Trend Micro put out word that Apple will no longer
be updating defenses in QuickTime and that two vulnerabilities in the
program could be exploited by hackers.
"Exploitation of QuickTime for Windows vulnerabilities could
allow remote attackers to take control of affected systems," CERT said
in the alert.
"The only mitigation available is to uninstall QuickTime for Windows."
The advisory did not apply to QuickTime running on Apple computers.
Apple's QuickTime is one of several programs allowing computer users to view videos and other media files.
Cyber security
firm Trend Micro said in an online post that it was not aware of any
attacks that have taken advantage of the QuickTime weaknesses, but the
best defense was to follows Apple's own advice and uninstall the
programs from Windows-powered machines.
Apple did not reply to an AFP request for comment.
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