{"id":52483,"date":"2016-02-08T20:06:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T20:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=52483"},"modified":"2016-02-10T21:36:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T21:36:42","slug":"free-software-has-major-security-flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/free-software-has-major-security-flaws\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Software Has Major Security Flaws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Malwarebytes Experiences Major Security Flaws<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s research team recently uncovered\u00a0a huge security hole in a free security software program that you have probably heard of, Malwarebytes.\u00a0 Reasearcher, Travis Ormandy took note of the program getting its virus definition updates over an unencrypted Internet connection.\u00a0 So what does this mean?\u00a0 Essentially, hackers can trick the program into ignoring certain malicious files, or could secretly place their code into the program.<\/p>\n<p>Malwarebytes is currently addressing the issue; however they did report it will take three to four weeks to fully resolve the problem.\u00a0 Until the issue is fully resolved, it is encourage users implement the &#8220;self-protection&#8221; setting.\u00a0 With the news of these security flaws, Malwarebytes is creating an internal\u00a0&#8220;bug bounty&#8221; program.\u00a0 This program is designed to help identify security issues,\u00a0in hopes to address any flaws in a more timely manner.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.komando.com\/happening-now\/346105\/this-one-security-program-has-serious-unfixed-bugs\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.komando.com\/happening-now\/346105\/this-one-security-program-has-serious-unfixed-bugs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.spiceworks.com\/topic\/1423558-malwarebytes-publicly-confirms-security-holes-in-its-anti-malware-software\" 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