Really,,,,
Guess GCHQ has no further use for these backdoors.
Companies running Sophos security clients will want to update their software following the disclosure of seven privilege escalation flaws in the security suite. Sophos says its SafeGuard Enterprise Client, LAN Crypt client and Easy software on Windows are all vulnerable to the bugs, which can be exploited by an attacker to run …
Umm, OK, yes, but I just decided to remove Kaspersky for Mac. It *seriously* gets in the way to the point where there's little added value in letting it run in the background (Safari is redirected to a service which doesn't seem to work). Just running it as a service you'd start up every so often isn't really possible.
I'll park it for a bit and run it only when I decide the machine needs checking again. Shame, though.
"I wonder if Microsoft schedules a specific Tuesday..."
Not really an option when the self-appointed software police decide to go public with the exploit before testing can be completed...
Thanks Andy The Hat!
Also in true The Register fashion they've also neglected to mention the fact that not only are there no known attacks leveraging those vulnerabilities (or even exploits for them) being available but also this vulnerability can't be executed remotely.