Re: Best Way to Avoid Virus Infection? Update Your Software

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Alex Eckelberry
<AlexE () sunbelt-software com> wrote:
> Does anyone actually know at this point how Epsilon was hacked?
>
> All we know is this:
>
> Late last week, Epsilon detected that customer information of a subset of Epsilon's email clients had been exposed by 
> an unauthorized entry into its email system. The affected clients represent approximately 2% of Epsilon's total 
> client base. Since the discovery of the unauthorized entry, rigorous internal and external reviews continue to 
> confirm that only email addresses and/or names were compromised.
> http://tinyurl.com/3zr8o6c
http://www.google.com/search?q=epsilon+4+month+old+vulnerability

> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Walton
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 7:48 AM
> To: FunSec
> Subject: [funsec] Best Way to Avoid Virus Infection? Update Your Software
>
> ".... Bradley Antis, vice president of technical strategy at Orange,Calif.-based M86 Security, [siad] the 15 software 
> vulnerabilities thatwere most often exploited in the second half of 2010 could have been stopped dead in their tracks 
> - all already had been patched by theirvendors.... The vulnerabilities continued to spread only because countless PC 
> users didn't bother to update their software, leaving enough unpatched machines on the Internet to allow the exploits 
> to thrive."
>
> http://www.securitynewsdaily.com/best-way-avoid-virus-infection-update-software-0685/
>
> Apparently, Epsilon did not get the memo.
>
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