Sophos SafeGuard anything but – thanks to 6 serious security bugs

  • 27 June 2018
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Your antimalware tools can get malware too, so get updating

 By Shaun Nichols in San Francisco 26 Jun 2018  

 
Companies running Sophos security clients will want to update their software following the disclosure of six privilege escalation flaws in the the security suite.
 
Sophos says its SafeGuard Enterprise Client, LAN Crypt client and Easy software are all vulnerable to the bugs, which would allow an attacker to run code at System (aka admin) level privileges.
 
In other words, the software you use to keep your PC from getting pwned can get your pwned.
 
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