eWeek.com posted a great list of 12 applications that are in common use but suffer from an assortment of vulnerabilities. The list has some applications that will surprise you. Don't be surprised that Internet Explorer is not on the list...for good or bad, they do have a reason.
Chalmer
For the astute readers who are looking for a future in expert testimony or may be pursuing to advance your career, some words of advice: be cautious about what you post online in online forums, especially about what questions you ask. During expert testimony, if the opposing counsel can't discredit your facts, they will attempt to discredit you. One method that has been used to do this is to Google your online activity and then try to use that against you. For example, if you post a perfectly innocent question early on in your career that any skilled professional should know the answer to, the opposing counsel can try to make you out to be a bumbling fool.
An associate of mine, in the forensics field, uses several online identities to bolster and protect his reputation. He uses his "professional identity" to answer other newbies' questions and present himself as an expert in the field and he uses his "throw away identities" to ask questions.
Chalmer
Very interesting tool that helps show how subjects are linked with other subjects on the web. This is particularly useful for seeing how people are characterized on the web.
Try TouchGraph and see for yourself.
Chalmer
This article from CBS News outlines the potential for malicious code to be found in online media sources, such as the video files served up by YouTube and similar video websites.
The take home message here is not so much that videos are getting corrupted...we knew that it was only a matter of time. The real story is the focus on how creative and ingenius the cracker community is at spreading their malware.
Chalmer
