Protect the protector

How could they do this to us?! Symantec’s Norton Antivirus may betray us all soon. A gigantic security hole has been found in it. Using this ‘hole’, a hacker can take control of our PC and access all the sensitive datas (if there are any in first place).

Researchers from eEye Digital Security of Aliso Viejo, Calif., discovered the vulnerability and provided evidence to Symantec engineers this week, said eEye’s chief hacking officer, Marc Maiffret. He demonstrated the attack for The Associated Press.

Maiffret’s company — which has discovered hundreds of similar flaws in other software products — also produces intrusion-protection software, called “Blink,” that he said already blocks such attacks and can operate alongside Symantec’s anti-virus products.

To those who use Norton Antivirus: Just hope that Norton release a patch to cover things up.