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Security researcher Tavis Ormandy discovered critical vulnerabilities in the antivirus product developed by U.K.-based security firm Sophos and advised organizations to avoid using the product on critical systems unless the vendor improves its product development, quality assurance and security response practices.
Ormandy, who works as an information security engineer at Google, disclosed details about the vulnerabilities he found in a research paper entitled “Sophail: Applied attacks against Sophos Antivirus” that was published on Monday. Ormandy noted that the research was performed in his spare time and that the views expressed in the paper are his own and not those of his employer.
Security Researcher Discovers Critical Vulnerabilities in Antivirus Product [pcworld.com]
