Security Researcher Condemned

Yesterday the French security researcher Guillame Tena, aka Guillermito, has been fined a suspended fine of 5000 euros by a French court for publishing a vulnerability in the Viguard anti-virus software of the company Tegam.

That the fine is suspended means that Guillermito will have to pay up if he continues to publish about the vulnerability and other software vulnerabilities. As a result he has taken the Tegam publication, and a dozen others, from his website. He writes:

No more demonstration of security software weaknesses. It's now forbidden in my country. On march 8 2005 I've been condemned for exposing flaws in the anti-virus software and publishing proof of concept programs to demonstrate them. That's exactly what I did for a dozen or so steganography program, which often contained security holes so big you could pass a truck through.

So now you have to believe the editors marketing. Welcome in DisneyWorld. All steganography programs are perfect, super-solid, unbreakable, undetectable, without bugs nor flaws. They are all perfect. Use them. Hahaha. What a joke.