Security appliance lets hackers pwn whole nets with a never-opened email
by Cory Doctorow from on (#XXC7)
The Fireeye "threat prevention device" is designed to scan all the emails, attachments, and other files coming in and out of your network, but a bug in the device allowed hackers to embed malware in an email that would take over the device -- and your whole network -- when the device checked it for viruses. (more")