Saturday, 24. November 2007
Topic: SECURITY - on November 24, 2007 at 2:07:00 PM CET
Researchers warn of AV software risks
The vulnerabilities in antivirus software make the programs as much a threat, as a help, to corporate network security, two German security experts argued in a presentation released last week.
The researchers -- Sergio Alvarez and Thierry Zoller, both of German security firm N.runs -- have taken antivirus companies to task for a large number of vulnerabilities the two discovered in how virus scanners parse potentially malicious files. While antivirus software is a typical piece of companies' defense-in-depth strategy, security holes in the software could allow an attacker to bypass other defenses, the pair argued.
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