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Of course Cyber Command has the resources to go far beyond what cybercriminal groups are capable of, which means the possibility of more complex, multi-layered attacks, says Ed Cabrera, vice president of cybersecurity strategy for Trend Micro.

The security software company Trend Micro issued a warning this monthdescribing two “critical vulnerabilities” in QuickTime for Windows and advised users to uninstall Apple’s abandoned program immediately. The Homeland Security Department posted a warning based on Trend Micro’s findings and also recommends that PC owners remove QuickTime from their systems.

Trend Micro Vice President of Cloud Research Mark Nunnikhoven told SCMagazine.com via emailed comments that the study “is interesting because of the gap it shows between the perception and reality for most organization's database security.”

“He made it very easy,” Jon Clay, of the security firm Trend Micro, told International Business Times. “It had its own administrative console that would track everything for you; you could pick and choose what components you wanted to install and utilize.”

Last week, researchers discovered two new security holes that could allow bad guys to create malicious files to launch within Apple’s media player. Trend Micro, the security research firm that found the vulnerability, said that it hasn’t yet found any evidence of exploits. But now that the findings are public, without promise of a fix from Apple, the risks are rising.