Security Hole Found in Older Versions of Symantec Antivirus Software
Symantec, a very well-known software company, announced that a group of German hackers exposed a security hole in older versions of Symantec's software for updating antivirus software and other programs. Thus, a tool which is supposed to keep users secure could be used to run malicious code on an unsuspecting user's machine.
Security Hole Found in Symantec Update Tool (CNet News, October 11, 2001)