HOUSTON, Jan. 30, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BMC Software today issued the following statement regarding the speculation in the press concerning the Target data breach:
There have been several articles in the press speculating about the Target breach. BMC Software has received no information from Target or the investigators regarding the breach. In some of those articles, BMC products were mentioned in two different ways.
The first was a mention of a "bladelogic.exe" reference in the attack. The executable name "bladelogic.exe" does not exist in any piece of legitimate BMC software. McAfee has issued a security advisory stating that: 'The reference to "bladelogic" is a method of obfuscation. The malware does not compromise, or integrate with, any BMC products in any way.'
The second reference was to a password that was possibly utilized as part of the attack, with the implication that it was a BMC password. BMC has confirmed that the password mentioned in the press is not a BMC-generated password.
At this point, there is nothing to suggest that BMC BladeLogic or BMC Performance Assurance has a security flaw or was compromised as part of this attack.
Malware is a problem for all IT environments. BMC asks all of our customers to be diligent in ensuring that their environments are secure and protected.
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