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Just how lethal is the software flaw dubbed 'Venom'?

Discussion in 'Security and Privacy' started by MrBill, 2015/05/14.

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    MrBill

    MrBill SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member Thread Starter

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    A recently discovered software bug known as "Venom" could give criminal hackers access to business data stored in the cloud or on in-house systems.

    But the scope of the problem has been the subject of some debate in the security community since the flaw was revealed. Early media reports on the bug described it as similar in size to last year’s massive Heartbleed flaw, a bug in multiple versions of a software program used widely to encrypt Internet communications.


    More info at the link below.

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...-is-the-software-flaw-dubbed-venom/ar-BBjNmuQ
     
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    rsinfo

    rsinfo SuperGeek Alumni

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    Don't know the true extent of it, but updated my Linux system non the less. Hope I am immune to he bug.
     
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    TonyT

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    Most security focused media outlets always make it sound worse than it is. In truth, an attacker would likely have to use social engineering to infect a network running VM workstations so as to gain remote access and once that is accomplished this new vulnerability would be the least of concerns for the IT staff.
     
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