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Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code

Posted February 7, 2012 - 9:02 pm

Symantec today confirmed that the pcAnywhere source code published on the Web Monday by hackers who tried to extort $50,000 from the company was legitimate.
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Symantec may have tried to bribe hackers, but definitely betrayed its own customers

Posted February 7, 2012 - 1:02 pm

Anonymous is laughing it up at Symantec's reputed attempt to bribe hackers to not release source code. Symantec calls it extortion. That question is trivial compared to the reality that Symnantec broke trust with its customers and left them at risk for six years following the hack.
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Symantec releases faster next-gen NetBackup, Backup Exec software

Posted February 6, 2012 - 2:47 pm

Symantec announced new versions of its flagship backup applications for SMBs and the enterprise adding more support for virtual machines, a cloud storage offering and integration of snapshot and backup management
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Symantec recants Android malware claims

Posted February 1, 2012 - 4:03 pm

Symantec has backtracked from assertions that 13 Android apps distributed by Google's Android Market were malicious. It now says the code in question comes from an aggressive ad network that provides revenue to the smartphone programs.
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This week in pictures: Symantec's no good, rotten, very bad week

Posted January 27, 2012 - 4:32 pm

Also: RIM's co-CEOs resign, the MegaUpload maelstrom swirls, Mark Shuttleworth teases HUD, Chris Dodd wags a finger at SOPA's flip flopping politicians, and jailbreakers unite!
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Symantec record: Two major hacks, two major delays admitting fault, risk to customers

Posted January 26, 2012 - 2:16 pm

If your company were hacked in a way that could directly hurt customers, would you announce the worst-case scenario so they could prep while you develop a solution? Or dribble out the news slowly? Symantec dribbled, first with SSL tokens, then source code, leaving customers at risk.
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Symantec recommends disabling pcAnywhere and waiting for security patches

Posted January 26, 2012 - 9:24 am

Security vendor Symantec has advised users of its pcAnywhere remote control software to disable it, because hackers with access to the product's source code could exploit security holes identified in the application.
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Symantec backtracks, admits own network hacked

Posted January 17, 2012 - 9:04 pm

Symantec today backed away from earlier statements regarding the theft of source code of some of its flagship security products, now admitting that its own network was compromised.
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Public attack code aimed at Windows Web servers works, says Symantec

Posted January 11, 2012 - 2:41 pm

Researchers at Symantec yesterday confirmed that working attack code published Jan. 6 can cripple Web servers running Microsoft's ASP .Net.
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Study predicts 37-ish male geeks are most likely insider data thieves

Posted November 28, 2011 - 1:45 pm

On Dec. 7 Symantec will release results of a study quantifying the demographic and psychographic profile, behaviors and motivations of typical insider data thieves. The snapshot is predictable: top suspects look just like most of the people in IT.
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Symantec's cloud-based security service supports Microsoft Lync

Posted November 14, 2011 - 3:24 pm

Symantec Monday widened its cloud-based security service to include Lync, Microsoft's latest instant-messaging client, so that enterprises using Lync can do anti-malware filtering and exert security controls for blocking inappropriate content along with basic data-loss prevention.
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Symantec details trackback to culprit in chemical-company espionage attacks

Posted November 1, 2011 - 2:42 pm

Symantec released a report today with an unusually detailed description of the forensic investigation and trackback to the source of a series of espionage attacks on chemical companies involved in the defense industry. Suspect responds, 'Who, me?'
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Duqu Trojan a precursor to next Stuxnet, Symantec warns

Posted October 18, 2011 - 3:10 pm

Security vendor Symantec is warning of a new malware threat that it says could be a precursor to the next Stuxnet.
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Symantec cloud-based service seeks out 'rogue certificates'

Posted September 14, 2011 - 2:46 pm

Symantec this week introduced what it calls the Symantec Certificate Intelligence Center, a cloud-based service that works with an on-premises software component to keep track of SSL server certificates used by an organization.
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Study: Total annual cost of cybercrime near $400 billion

Posted September 7, 2011 - 4:58 pm

Global cybercrime costs nearly $400 billion and affects 431 million adult victims annually, according to Symantec's Norton Cybercrime Report 2011.
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Symantec reveals profile of PC user least likely to be victim of cybercrime

Posted September 7, 2011 - 12:42 pm

Cybercrime, especially malware, is rising, but not evenly. More Chinese suffer than Japanese, men more than women, slackers more than A/V updaters, 'net addicts more than luddites.
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Review: Norton Mobile Security

Posted August 15, 2011 - 9:25 am

Worried by the spate of news stories about malware targeting Android phones and tablets? There's a way to get some peace of mind: Symantec's just-released Norton Mobile Security, which promises the same type of security for Android devices that its big brother counterpart offers for PCs. (The app was previously available as a beta.)
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Symantec to acquire Clearwell for e-discovery

Posted May 19, 2011 - 5:31 pm

Symantec today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Clearwell Systems for about $390 million, a move that will put Symantec in the e-discovery market.
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Facebook denies privacy breach allegations by Symantec

Posted May 11, 2011 - 4:17 pm

Facebook today denied that it may have accidentally exposed personal user data to advertisers and other third parties for several years.
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Symantec beefs up SaaS offerings

Posted May 5, 2011 - 9:13 am

Symantec says the new offerings are designed to improve service manageability and increase flexibility for customers.
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Symantec's Salem: Cloud was game-changer for us

Posted March 10, 2011 - 10:04 pm

Symantec Corp. CEO Enrique Salem outlines why 03 is such a critical initiative for the company, and how cloud and virtualization changed the security threat landscape and the business opportunities for Symantec.
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Infected Android app runs up big texting bills

Posted February 28, 2011 - 8:34 pm

Chinese hackers have modified the free Steamy Windows Android app, allowing them to hijack a smartphone to install other apps and silently send text messages.
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Symantec looks to protect users from mutating malware

Posted February 15, 2011 - 9:15 am

Symantec today announced the 12th edition of its flagship enterprise desktop anti-malware product, Symantec Endpoint Protection, that looks to go beyond traditional anti-virus signatures to use a cloud-based file-identification system to protect users from virus mutations.
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Intel Core processors to get strong authentication security

Posted February 9, 2011 - 2:55 pm

Looking to help customers strengthen data security, Intel said it will include stronger one-time password authentication in its upcoming 2nd Generation Intel Core Processor platforms.
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MPack, NeoSploit and Zeus top most notorious Web attack toolkit list

Posted January 18, 2011 - 8:43 am

About two-thirds of malicious Web activity can be traced back to botnets and exploit code built using popular attack toolkits like MPack and Zeus sold in the underground economy, according to a new Symantec report.
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