Severe Security Gaps in Symantec Recently Reported
This week, the Department of Homeland Security published an alert through the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) that warned Symantec and Norton antivirus programs suffer from severe security gaps.
The US-CERT warned that 24 products across multiple platforms (OSX, Windows, and Linux) are affected and that "exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system."
Some of the products affected include Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec Email Security, Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers, and Norton Security.
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