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Many antivirus products are riddled with security flaws

2014-07-31 13:09:25| InfoWorld: Top News

It's generally accepted that antivirus programs provide a necessary protection layer, but organizations should audit such products before deploying them on their systems because many of them contain serious vulnerabilities, a researcher warned. According to Joxean Koret, a researcher at Singapore security firm Coseinc, antivirus programs are as vulnerable to attacks as the applications they're trying to protect and expose a large attack surface that can make computers even more vulnerable.

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3 zero-day flaws found in Symantec's Endpoint Protection

2014-07-30 13:30:44| InfoWorld: Top News

Symantec's Endpoint Protection product has three zero-day flaws that could allow a logged-in user to move to a higher access level on a computer, according to a penetration testing and training company. The three flaws, all known as privilege escalation vulnerabilities, were found during a security test of a financial services company, said Mati Aharoni, lead trainer and developer for Offensive Security, in a phone interview late Tuesday.

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New guide aims to remove the drama of reporting software flaws

2014-07-25 15:43:37| InfoWorld: Top News

Handling a software flaw can be messy, both for a security researcher who found it and for the company it affects. But a new set of guidelines aims to make that interaction less mysterious and confrontational.

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Zero-day flaws in Tails aren't for sale, vulnerability broker says

2014-07-23 13:30:14| InfoWorld: Top News

A company that specializes in selling information on software vulnerabilities has reignited a debate over the handling of such information, especially when it pertains to privacy-focused tools. Exodus Intelligence, based in Austin, Texas, tweeted on Monday it had found several vulnerabilities in Tails, an operating system and suite of applications designed to make it harder to track a user's activity online.

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Disability benefits flaws 'grave'

2014-07-23 09:29:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The disability benefits system requires a "fundamental redesign" because flaws in the process are so "grave", a group of MPs says.

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