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Trend Micro Bug Hits Several Important Computers
dmarx writes "The Japan Times reports that a bug in Trend Micro's antivirus software has caused the CPUs of several important computers, including those at East Japan Railway, to grind to a halt. A bug free version was released on noon Saturday." From the article: "Kyodo News experienced LAN access failure from around 8:20 a.m. to shortly before noon. The Asahi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun also had trouble with their LANs at their Tokyo and Osaka bureaus, but the problems did not affect editing or printing of their evening editions."
geeez just 1 bug? they should move to DC and try the metro... THEN they can complain.. ;-)
No viruses on BeOS. Actually, no virus checkers either...
~~~~~ BigLig2? You mean there's another one of me?
With Trend Micro, viruses are the least of your worries.
They can prove that there are no bugs can they? That would be a neat trick.
And what's "on noon"?
How about: A fixed version was released at noon on Saturday.
No viruses on BeOS. Actually, no virus checkers either...
No users either...
You want me to trust one of those finicky and new-fangled mainframes, when my slide-rule works perfectly reliably????? WTF?
... and then they built the supercollider.
Why a bug in Trend Micro's antivirus software would appear in Eastern Japanese LANs specifically?
Does it like sushi?
0x100000 hlt
Overall, sounds like the ideal server platform to admin. :)
Yes I do know this.
Physical access is restricted with a key code that is changed every week as well as a physical dead bolt.
Remote access is restricted to 3 IP's that are within the building.
User access is restricted by me and my two coworkers. If you request access, we need to how, why, when, where, and on whose authority you have permission to access said data. When you can answer all of those to our satisfaction you will be granted access to that one dataset at your own box, validated with your own login information, and set to expire exactly at the time you no longer need it.
This is our job, it is what we do. I don't know what you other people are talking about with "finding time" We get 40 hours a week to thin about this shit and implement it.
I am absolutely 100% sure that no damage can be done. I stake my job on it. We have not had an intrusion yet, (despite 500+ daily attempts, mostly from Korea).
Yes, god herself told me. Every morning I pray and ask god to help me through another day. SO far she has delivered. I think she is speaking to me when I wake up suddenly in the middle of the night and say "Shit, If I change this to this and that to that then I can make the network that much more secure" (I know it is sad, but it is true).
Cars aren't what they used to be...
You never drove a 1967 Jaguar. Electrics by Lucas -- the Prince of Darkness.
Lack of apps just makes it even easier to admin. None of the non-existant users will be asking for any of the non-existant applications to be upgraded. Nor will they be getting any of the non-existant viruses.
The big problem with being a BeOS admin is there is no money in it. Otherwise it is perfect.
Because if anyone had written a BeOS virus it would be announced on BeBits - they need to get the application numbers up somehow.
~~~~~ BigLig2? You mean there's another one of me?