Apr 03
Apple passes Wal-Mart, now #1 music retailer in US
No one thought in a million years this would happen, but it has, and at face value seems legit.
Apr 02
About the security content of QuickTime 7.4.5
Description: An issue in QuickTime’s parsing of ‘crgn’ atoms may result in a heap buffer overflow. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking. Credit to Sanbin Li working with TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.
The are at least 3 other entries in the list credited to Tipping Point’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). I think this is win-win. People get prizes, and Apple gets high priority bugs put in front of them. Good work by all who were involved.
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