Quicktime Player Allows Movies To Trigger Malware Downloads

Trend Micro is reporting that Quicktime Player can be used by maliscious people to deploy malware to users' systems using specially crafted movie files. When a user plays one of the files, their system is redirected to download a malware payload.

 For more information, please see the Trend Micro story at http://blog.trendmicro.com/quicktime-player-allows-movie-files-to-trigger-malware-download/

Posted by Anthony Paladino on August 02, 2010, in Handlers Log.