Tuesday, August 8, 2006

BlackBerry vulnerability

Businesses that use gateway security appliances to protect Research In Motion's BlackBerry communications servers <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2000621,00.asp?kc=EWNAVEMNL080806EOAD">could be subject to attacks</A> based on the planned release of exploit code by a high-profile malware researcher. According to a warning released by network security applications and device provider Secure Computing, organizations with their BlackBerry servers installed behind their gateway intrusion detection boxes could be compromised when researcher Jesse D'Aguanno, a consultant with risk management experts Praetorian Global, of Placerville, Calif., releases his code the week of Aug. 14. D'Aguanno first revealed his vulnerability exploit on Aug. 5 at the Defcon hacker convention in Las Vegas.

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