Symantec Worm Threat
Saturday, December 16th, 2006From Information Week:
A “significant” worm is successfully attacking unpatched Symantec enterprise anti-virus software…
“We’ve seen exploit code for some time, but [Big Yellow] is the first truly automated threat,” says Marc Maiffret, eEye’s chief technology officer. The worm, which appears to be of Chinese origin, already has infected a number of systems worldwide…
Symantec’s current advice is to patch Symantec AntiVirus and Client Security to protect systems against threats such as Big Yellow. A detailed guide on what versions must be patched and how is available on the Symantec support site. HERE
