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Information Technology News McAfee apologizes for tardy alert about flaw fix
Information Technology News McAfee apologizes for tardy alert about flaw fix | McAfee apologizes for tardy alert about flaw fix |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Tuesday, 18 July 2006 | |
  
The flaw was found in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator which is used to manage security software on millions of PCs at the firm's corporate and government client sites, including the US Department of Defence. The vulnerability could have allowed hackers to gain control of target computers, steal data, implant malware and delete files. Fortunately for McAfee, one of its engineers fixed the flaw accidentally while making enhancements to the software in an upgrade. However, instead of advising all of its customers to immediately upgrade to the new software in January because of the crictial design flaw, McAfee merely advised clients that its software update had feature enhancements. Security firm eEye Digital, which is making a name for itself discovery flaws in other security firm's software, brought the flaw to the attention of McAfee and the public last week. In May, eEye discovered a serious flaw in Symantec's security software, which was subsequently fixed. After the flaw became public knowledge, McAfee issued a public apology to its clients and advised them to upgrade the software. {moscomment} |
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