Well, we know it's not made of Wensleydale.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Stephen Holtz <ste...@addisonreserve.cc>wrote: > And the moon is made up of green cheese! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 10, 2013, at 4:23 PM, "Andrew S. Baker" <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The reporting was vague, but Bit9 was more clear in their own blog. > > https://blog.bit9.com/2013/02/08/bit9-and-our-customers-security/ > > *In brief, here is what happened. Due to an operational oversight within > Bit9, we failed to install our own product on a handful of computers within > our network. As a result, a malicious third party was able to illegally > gain temporary access to one of our digital code-signing certificates that > they then used to illegitimately sign malware. There is no indication that > this was the result of an issue with our product. Our investigation also > shows that our product was not compromised.* > > > > > > > *ASB > **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* > **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) > for the SMB market…*** > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Crawford, Scott <crawfo...@evangel.edu>wrote: > >> You could interpret that sentence two ways: **** >> >> ** ** >> >> A: We didn’t have it installed on the compromised systems.**** >> >> B: It was installed, but did not protect them.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> B says the software doesn’t work. A says there was simply a mistake made. >> Phrasing it like they did, allows B to be true, while implying A.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Saturday, February 9, 2013 9:51 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: Security Firm Bit9 Hacked, Used to Spread Malware**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *>>The company said attackers managed to compromise some of Bit9′s >> systems that were not protected by the company’s own software. ***** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> And this was because of... ?**** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> *ASB >> **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* >> **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) >> for the SMB market…***** >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Stu Sjouwerman <s...@sunbelt-software.com> >> wrote:**** >> >> Bit9, a company that provides software and network security services to >> the U.S. >> government and at least 30 Fortune 100 firms, has suffered an electronic >> compromise that cuts to the core of its business: helping clients >> distinguish >> known "safe" files from computer viruses and other malicious software. >> OUCH ! More at: >> >> http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/02/security-firm-bit9-hacked-used-to-spread-malware/ >> >> Warm regards, >> >> Stu**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
