Symantec antivirus program has been hacked

Bob Russell · 05-26-2006, 11:08 AM

According to a flurry of news reports, the Symantec Antivirus software which is supposed to protect your computer from hackers may actually one now be one of the weaknesses. We're seeing quite a buzz with headlines like:

* Flaw found in Symantec antivirus software (VNUNet)
* It's time to toss out your antivirus software (ZDNet)
* Company: Hackers can crack top antivirus program (CNN)

If confirmed, this could be a very serious issue because of how widespread the software is, but I'm sure that there will be a patch for those who are affected and who keep their virus software up-to-date.

Via CNN.

rmeister0 · 05-26-2006, 11:40 AM

It was prognosticated last year that hackers were going to start targeting applications as operating systems got more hardened. This should not be much of a surprise ; between this and the MS Word code execution exploit, it is yet again not a good month to be running Windows.

05-26-2006, 11:08 AM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Symantec antivirus program has been hacked According to a flurry of news reports, the Symantec Antivirus software which is supposed to protect your computer from hackers may actually one now be one of the weaknesses. We're seeing quite a buzz with headlines like: * Flaw found in Symantec antivirus software (VNUNet) * It's time to toss out your antivirus software (ZDNet) * Company: Hackers can crack top antivirus program (CNN) If confirmed, this could be a very serious issue because of how widespread the software is, but I'm sure that there will be a patch for those who are affected and who keep their virus software up-to-date. Via CNN.

05-26-2006, 11:40 AM	#2
rmeister0 Addict Posts: 270 Karma: 298 Join Date: Mar 2005	It was prognosticated last year that hackers were going to start targeting applications as operating systems got more hardened. This should not be much of a surprise ; between this and the MS Word code execution exploit, it is yet again not a good month to be running Windows.

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