Discovery of Symantec Antivirus Exploit Gains Traction in Winter Rerun

Iria · Dec 20, 2006, 04:16 PM

Source: BetaNews
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Last week's announcement from security research firm eEye, claiming the discovery of an active exploit affecting Symantec's Antivirus suite, led to sweeping national headlines, some proclaiming the existence of a mutating "worm-bot" in the wild. But denials of the threat's severity from Symantec, asserting it's effectively the same problem that was discovered last May by eEye and patched by Symantec the following month, were surprisingly confirmed late yesterday.

Dec 20, 2006, 04:16 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Discovery of Symantec Antivirus Exploit Gains Traction in Winter Rerun Source: BetaNews __________ Last week's announcement from security research firm eEye, claiming the discovery of an active exploit affecting Symantec's Antivirus suite, led to sweeping national headlines, some proclaiming the existence of a mutating "worm-bot" in the wild. But denials of the threat's severity from Symantec, asserting it's effectively the same problem that was discovered last May by eEye and patched by Symantec the following month, were surprisingly confirmed late yesterday.