Security news and products; ISS discovers and protects in CA storage management product.IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) have announced that its Internet Security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. Systems (ISS ISS See Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). ) X-Force X-Force is a Marvel Comics superhero team, one of many spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchise. Conceived by writer/illustrator Rob Liefeld, it formed in The New Mutants #100 (April 1991) and was shortly after featured in its own eponymous series. research and development team has discovered and preemptively protected customers from two similar, but distinct vulnerabilities in CA Brightstor ARCserve. This product is a cross-platform backup and recovery solution for small- to medium-sized businesses that protects and helps ensure the availability of critical applications and data. The vulnerabilities discovered by X-Force can be exploited remotely with no user interaction required. Successful exploitation could grant the attacker administrative privileges on the target machine. "CA Brightstor ARCserve is widely deployed in corporate environments," said Pete Allor, director of intelligence for IBM Internet Security Systems IBM Internet Security Systems is a security software provider which was founded in 1994 as Internet Security Systems, and is often known simply as ISS or ISSX (after its former NASDAQ ticker symbol). The company was acquired by IBM in 2006. . "Since it is normally used for the protection and recovery of mission-critical applications, and since these two vulnerabilities are not difficult to exploit, ISS recommends that companies using CA Brightstor ARCserve install the CA patch immediately." IBM ISS customers have been preemptively protected from these issues since November. By infusing its products and services with security intelligence from X-Force and the unique IBM Virtual Patch technology, IBM designs its solution to protect customers before their business assets are impacted by online intrusions. The X-Force security advisories on these vulnerabilities can be found at: iss.net |
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