Vulnerability Scanners F-Secure Patched

The Finnish anti-virus firm F-Secure warns of a leak in the virus scanners and security of the business which a remote attacker via a man-in-the-middle attack could attack the update channel. Then it would be possible to replace all the files on the computer.

The vulnerability, which was discovered by F-Secure itself has been assessed as "high". This is the next-to-highest rating.The problem is present in both the business and consumer software. For the affected software are now hotfixes. The warning for the leak was partly already published on 12 March, but is now updated with a description of the problem, vulnerable versions and the availability of the hotfix.

Experts: Linux system Reboot After Installation GHOST Patch

Tuesday released a patch for a critical vulnerability in Linux, but after installing the system must be restarted, as experts warn. Through the GHOST vulnerability an attacker can take over vulnerable systems in certain cases. Still, the leak can not be compared with other major vulnerabilities as Heartbleed and Shellshock.

Most systems are not vulnerable because, says security expert Robert Graham . Modern software would use a different function and even software that uses the function which the leak can be invoked does so in a way that can not be abused."Even if software will use the vulnerable function is not to say that it is also vulnerable," the expert notes. Also, most systems would not be attacked by the leak and many of the exploits used only locally. Graham says that users also do not have to panic.

He gets applause Jen Ellis security company Rapid7. "Unlike a leak as Heartbleed is not always exploit the problem. The general consensus is that the bug is not easy to abuse," Ellis says. Until now, there would be only one known case that is easy to abuse. Both experts suggest that users of their systems after installing the patch have to reboot. Without a reboot services that will use the vulnerable library not be restarted.