Remote Exploit in Norton Anti-Virus Puts 200 Million at Risk      
eEye Digital Security is reporting that they have uncovered a major vulnerability in Symantec's AV product. Basically it will allow a remote hacker to compromise any machine that is running Norton Anti-Virus. This is a big oops. Symantec will have to scramble to get an update pushed out to all of their customers. I would imagine they can do this before an exploit is developed that allows wide spread use of the vulnerability or a worm to spread.
 
Critical back door-like vulnerability exposes Symantec anti-virus users      
In light of a potentially critical vulnerability and with over 200 million people using his anti-virus solutions, are the comments by Symantec CEO John Thompson about a "Microsoft security monoculture" coming back to haunt him?
 
Top-selling software titles in 2005: TurboTax, Norton AntiVirus, Spy Sweeper Tech Bench      
Fascinating read at Email Battles with a write up by the author of known rootkit, Hacker Defender. He goes by the name holy_father and explains why he writes rootkits. Some excerpts:
 
Sony's DRM software called spyware by antivirus vendor      
Well, isn't this interesting. Antivirus vendor Kaspersky has labeled Sony's rootkit technology, used in copyright protection software on some CDs, as spyware. ZDNet writer Matt Loney explains more in his write up. On the Kaspersky Analyst's Diary at Viruslist.com, roel wrote on November 2:
 
Antivirus to antispyware      
I've just been looking at McAfee's new antispyware product, called, modestly enough, McAfee AntiSpyware. And maybe a modest title is appropriate for this utility. It seems to work okay, but it's nothing to write home about. But first I want to say, it's about time that veteran security companies got involved with the fight against spyware. Hello, Symantec? Anyone home? I mean, if you know how to build a solid antivirus program, it's no stretch to turn that into an antispyware program. It's mostly about building a different definition file.
 
onsolidation radar: Anti-spyware outfit in security land grab      
First, there was anti-virus.� Then, there were personal firewalls.� After that came anti-spam tools and pop-up blockers.�And now, anti-spyware.� Today, many businesses and consumers are still going to separate solution providers for each of the five and�distinctly different forms of protection.� With uber-protection suites in mind, the land�grab for independently run security outfits is clearly underway.�
 
SolutionBase: Stop viruses on a Linux-based e-mail server with ClamAV      
In a perfect world, you'd be using Linux as your mail server and would be connecting to that mail server with Linux-based clients. In that world, you wouldn't be so worried about viruses coming from e-mail, because Linux is less susceptible to viruses than Windows-based servers and clients. But we do not live in a perfect world, so you need to take the precautions necessary to prevent viruses from spreading.
 
Major retailer suffers data breach      
2007 has started off with some serious security breaches and some really scary reports from security vendors. On the bright side, you can use these reports to improve corporate security procedures.
 
Symantec Corp.'s AV software contains critical flaw      
There's a workable attack vector out there that can be used to penetrate systems using Symantec anti-virus software.
 
X marks the spot: Hackers turn attention to Apple's OS      
It's been an impressively quiet year so far on the PC virus and worm front, and hackers seem to be focusing their attention elsewhere. One such area is Apple's Mac OS X. Once mostly ignored by malware developers, there appears to be a growing interest in this "alternative" OS.
 
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