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BIT9 ADMITS SYSTEMS BREACH, STOLEN CODE-SIGNING CERTIFICATES

ROBERT WESTERVELT

FEBRUARY 08, 2013, 05:16 PM EST

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Waltham, Mass.-based Bit9 said the intellectual property at the core of its
application whitelisting software was not exposed in the breach. An attacker can
use stolen digital code-signing certificates to enable them to create malware
that can masquerade as Bit9's product.

"We simply did not follow the best practices we recommend to our customers by
making certain our product was on all physical and virtual machines within
Bit9," wrote Bit9 CEO Patrick Morley in a company blog post announcing the
infiltration.



[Related: Data Breach Security From A To Z ]

Morley said the incident stemmed from an "operational oversight," and
information about the breach was first shared with customers before going public
with the announcement. "We failed to install our own product on a handful of
computers within our network," he said.

Any Bit9 customer affected should, at the very least, assume they now have
malware on their systems, said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at
San Francisco-based vulnerability and risk management vendor nCircle. "Revoking
certificates isn't a panacea because it takes time for systems to recognize the
revocation," Storms said. "Naturally, attackers are trying to maximize this
window by using the certificate to deliver whatever they want."

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Morley did not disclose details about how the three customers were impacted or
whether they experienced a serious data security breach as a result of the Bit9
breach. The company has revoked the certificate and acquired a new one, Morley
said. Engineers are also preparing an update to stop the execution of any
malware that attempts to use the certificate.

Morley also summarized the company's security processes, indicating that a
security operation's center with a full-time staff monitors all system activity.
Regular third-party audits are also conducted, he said.

"We share a common goal with our customers: defending against the malicious type
of activity that caused this incident," Morley wrote. "We are committed to doing
right by our customers and maintaining their full trust and confidence."

PUBLISHED FEB. 8, 2013

This story was updated on Feb. 8, 2013, at 3:30 p.m. PST, to include comments
from nCircle's Andrew Storms made after press time.


Learn More: Bit9 | Bit9 breach | Bit9 data security breach | whitelisting |
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