Instead of building up to it gracefully, I'm just going to tell you right now: Make sure any Symantec security products you use are fully updated. On Tuesday, a Google researcher published about serious vulnerabilities in Symantec's offerings, and you need to make sure you have the right patches before you read anything else. You can
check this advisory to confirm that you have the most recent updates.
OK. Tavis Ormandy, a researcher in Google's Project Zero cybersecurity analysis group, revealed the "details of multiple critical vulnerabilities"
in a blog post Tuesday. He explained that the bugs are in Symantec's "core engine," which underlies all of its products—including brands like Norton Security, Norton 360, and Symantec Endpoint Protection. Symantec said in its
security advisory that patches should have downloaded automatically to every private user through the company's LiveUpdate system. For enterprise customers, some updates have to be installed manually.
