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Symantec has just released a new Android application for parental monitoring, “Norton Safety Minder.” The security software allows users to see all the sites that kids are browsing or attempt to browse using their Android smartphones.Some of the features included are available for free, such as Online Act... |
7 February 2012
19:01 GMT |
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After a lot of controversy and threats the hackers finally leaked the source code for Symantec’s pcAnywhere product, along with the emails we saw earlier today that contained the conversations between the hackers and the law enforcement representative that helped Symantec in the extorsion case.
The 1.4 gigabyt... |
7 February 2012
08:51 GMT |
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As it turns out, the incident as a result of which hackers managed to obtain the source code of some Symantec products is far from being over, the security solutions provider even requesting aid from a law enforcement agency after the attacker tried to blackmail the company into giving him $50,000 (35,000 EUR) in exc... |
7 February 2012
03:20 GMT |
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Last year, we witnessed a lot of unfortunate incidents regarding certificate authorities and the trust factor seems to fade with each hack attack targeting these companies. Now, it turns out that even Symantec-owned Verisign suffered multiple data breaches back in 2010. A quarterly report filed by the company with t... |
3 February 2012
04:58 GMT |
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After mobile security firm Lookout argued that Android.Counterclank is not a piece of malware as Symantec labeled it, the latter came forward with some new arguments to sustain their initial decision of informing users on the potential dangers. Symantec’s update on the matter reveals that even Google decided t... |
1 February 2012
05:19 GMT |
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After recommending pcAnywhere customers to temporarily disable their products in order to prevent potential hack attacks, Symantec began releasing patches for all the affected versions to make sure users are protected.
On January 23, they released a patch for the 12.5 variant of pcAnywhere and now they made availabl... |
31 January 2012
07:28 GMT |
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Security solutions provider Symantec alerted Android users a few days ago on the existence of an Android Trojan called Android.Counterclank, which they catalogued as an information-stealing piece of malware. However, Lookout, a mobile security firm, questions those claims, reporting that Counterclank is just an aggre... |
31 January 2012
05:57 GMT |
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There have been many rumors around the hacking operation that affected Symantec back in 2006, resulting in the theft of source code for some of their products. Now the company came forward with official “security recommendations,” advising customers to disable their pcAnywhere products until they release ... |
26 January 2012
04:09 GMT |
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After admitting that the Indian hacker called YamaTough managed to obtain the source code for Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Symantec Antivirus 10.2, the company came forward with another statement to say that the source code for some of their Norton products was leaked as a result of a hacking operation that ... |
18 January 2012
03:04 GMT |
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Besides revealing their plans to offer organizations solutions to help them better connect company business, legal and IT departments while reducing risks and costs, Symantec also made public the fact that it had acquired LiveOffice, a market leader when it comes to cloud-based archiving.
“The acquisition of ... |
17 January 2012
04:33 GMT |
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A few days ago we’ve heard of a complaint being filled at a California court in which Symantec was accused of commercializing useless products that scare consumers into thinking their computers were full of errors. After hearing about the case, the Indian hacker Yama Tough published the Norton Utilities source ... |
14 January 2012
07:26 GMT |
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A Washington state resident is suing Symantec for scaring consumers with fake error detections and convincing them to purchase their products in order to get rid of the alleged threats.
The class action complaint is filed in a Northern District of California court by James Gross and makes serious accusations regardi... |
12 January 2012
10:59 GMT |
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Security firm Symantec based in Mountain View, California, is signaling that Apple is planning to roll out Mac OS X 10.7.3 Lion any moment now. The company warns that certain users should not perform the upgrade as soon as it was made available.
Apple, this week, rolled out a new beta of OS X 10.7.3 Lion to develope... |
11 January 2012
05:37 GMT |
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The security solutions provider came forward with another statement saying that the Indian hackers managed to obtain source codes for Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Symantec Antivirus 10.2.
After media outlets began picking up the news that Indian hackers managed to obtain the source code of a Symantec produc... |
6 January 2012
09:13 GMT |
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A group of Indian hackers claim to have obtained the source code for Symantec’s Norton Antivirus, the 2006 version. Experts report that if the claims were true, it could give cybercriminals the opportunity to create new malware that incorporates mechanisms to better avoid security solutions. Infosec Island has... |
6 January 2012
03:45 GMT |
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Symantec’s November Intelligence Report reveals some interesting details on the evolution of cyberattacks and how many of them were successfully mitigated by the security solutions provider.
Worryingly, on average, 94 targeted attacks were blocked each day in November, the most frequently targeted industry bei... |
7 December 2011
08:10 GMT |
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The security solutions provider launched a service which will help its customers get a better view on the integrity of their websites, web applications, server software and network ports, allowing them to identify and resolve any weaknesses.
The initial results show that out of the 2000 domains that were scanned, mo... |
8 November 2011
13:51 GMT |
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Symantec has just announced a new security solution for Android tablets called Norton Tablet Security. The application is now available from select U.S. and regional retailers for a suggested retail price of $39.99 (29 EUR).In addition, the company announced a new update for its Norton Mobile Security application for... |
2 November 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Symantec Corp. has announced plans to offer Symantec Data Loss Prevention for Tablet. Available initially for iPad, then later for other tablets, the solution is regarded as the first comprehensive data loss prevention (DLP) platform for the monitoring and protection of sensitive information on tablet computers.Syman... |
4 October 2011
09:49 GMT |
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Symantec launched two new backup appliances at the VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas, which should help organizations modernize and improve their backup infrastructures.The newly released devices can be deployed in as little as 30 minutes, thus helping organizations in the quest to better protect their information, in both p... |
5 September 2011
08:07 GMT |
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Oussama El-Hilali, a veteran in the field of data security, was appointed Senior Vice President of Engineering at Carbonite, one of the lead providers in backup solutions. New products developed by the company will be overseen by El-Hilali, his experience in software development, information security and integrity b... |
5 September 2011
06:00 GMT |
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Norton, the company behind the highly-acclaimed security software, has just announced the release of a free security application for Android-powered smartphones. Dubbed Norton Mobile Security Lite, the application offers users anti-theft protection with powerful anti-malware features.The premium version of the applic... |
11 August 2011
12:31 GMT |
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Security giant Symantec has released a free security solution for Android that features anti-malware and anti-theft technologies.Called Norton Mobile Security Lite, the new offering automatically scans all files and app updates for malware and allows users to remotely lock their devices by sending text messages to th... |
11 August 2011
11:00 GMT |
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Since package deals often increase the number of people willing to buy a certain products, ECS figured it wouldn't hurt for its motherboards to bring along some security software, so it entered a deal with Symantec. Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is a company known worldwide for its various hardware products... |
27 December 2010
09:09 GMT |
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In addition to letting customers download Microsoft Security Essentials free of charge, the Redmond company has partnered with Symantec in order to offer a new free security offering, this time geared at small businesses. MSE is available not only to home users and home businesses but also to small businesses which ... |
18 November 2010
12:30 GMT |
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Symatec reports that the output of malware-carrying spam has tripled in August, while the number of junk emails containing .ZIP attachments has increased four-fold. It seems that this unusual spike was caused by the Zbot and Sasfis distribution campaigns, which are still on going.Both of the threats are computer troj... |
9 September 2010
15:00 GMT |
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Malware researchers from AVAST Software have come across an older digitally signed Norton Antivirus component, which despite having been infected by a known virus is not detected by most anti-malware programs.The AVAST analysts suspected a false positive when a file carrying a valid Symantec digital signature trigger... |
13 August 2010
09:15 GMT |
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Several websites belonging to security giant Symantec are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, according to a security enthusiast who discovered multiple flaws. The vulnerabilities could be leveraged to increase the credibility of email targeted attacks.According to the XSSed project, who published mirro... |
28 June 2010
09:19 GMT |
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There is no secret that Symantec is a leading company in what concerns antivirus sales and product reliability. The diversity of its products fit any user’s needs, from the newbie that needs an easy-to-handle dependable security solution to the expert users who require a wide spectrum of options and granular co... |
19 June 2010
08:33 GMT |
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Security giant Symantec announced a definitive agreement to acquire VeriSign's security-related business for $1.28 billion yesterday. According to the deal, Symantec will take over VeriSign's server authentication, secure socket layer (SSL) and identity protection services, as well as its public key infrast... |
20 May 2010
11:21 GMT |
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Symantec, the renowned security firm headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices around the world, has issued an advisory entitled “Phishing Apple Gift Cards.” Spoofing emails commonly include a link to a phishing website, and this one is no different, Symantec warns. The security expert also... |
7 May 2010
06:08 GMT |
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While IT companies have been periodically updating their storage offerings for the enterprise sector, their clients, especially small and medium businesses, have generally had to manage their networks and back up procedures by themselves. This impacts upon the efficiency and rate of growth of such businesses, especia... |
11 March 2010
04:37 GMT |
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As the need for secure network infrastructure grows, businesses are looking for computing and networking solutions that combine cost efficiency with performance and reliability, as well as, of course, security. Aiming to cater to these needs, Fujitsu and Symantec Corporation have decided to enter a strategic agreemen... |
3 February 2010
03:23 GMT |
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A self-proclaimed grey-hat hacker has located a critical SQL injection vulnerability in a website belonging to security giant Symantec. The flaw can be exploited to extract a wealth of information from the database including customer and admin login credentials, product serial numbers, and possibly credit card detail... |
23 November 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Security expert Symantec has discovered what it refers to as an OSX.Loosemaque threat cleverly disguised as a classic video and targeting unsuspecting Mac users. Trojan.Loosemaque is designed to look like a Space Invaders/Galaga style game that deletes a file from your home directory, for every alien ship you destroy... |
4 November 2009
02:51 GMT |
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After the number of phishing attacks drastically declined by 45% in August, the trend continued during September according to Symantec. United States remains the country hosting the most phishing sites, which increased in number due to a lower usage of automated toolkits.Symantec's State of Phishing monthly repo... |
12 October 2009
06:33 GMT |
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A Symantec blog post that belittles Microsoft's new free security offering, called Microsoft Security Essentials, was not received too well by users. Meanwhile, other security experts had a more moderate or even favorable opinion of the product.In case you haven't heard yet, a few days ago, the Redmond-base... |
2 October 2009
06:06 GMT |
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Symantec has launched its latest iteration of security solutions under the Norton brand, tailoring the releases to Windows 7, but also its precursors, Windows Vista and Windows XP. The lineup of products includes two offerings: Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010, and users can get a taste of both... |
11 September 2009
07:29 GMT |
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On September 9th, this year, Symantec will be launching its new Internet Security Suite with some innovative, new protection and reporting features. Attacked users will have the option to report real-time attacks and/or attackers to proper authorities, while also being weekly informed of the FBI's top 10 most wa... |
8 September 2009
04:12 GMT |
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The Norton Safe Web project, run by Symantec, issued a list containing the dirtiest websites on the web. The dirty site list is spearheaded by a website containing no more, no less than 56,371 malware threats. The average of all websites on the list is a staggering 18,000 different threats. Coming to show no surpris... |
21 August 2009
08:13 GMT |
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Security company Symantec has released an interesting top of the 100 most popular searches kids do online. The top three results are YouTube, Google and Facebook, some of the largest sites online. While many of the entries aren't that surprising, several trends emerge from the list, like the fact that searching ... |
12 August 2009
11:24 GMT |
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According to the monthly reports issued by Symantec Corporation, State of Spam and State of Phishing, spam email has dropped 8% since last month, while phishing attacks have increased by a staggering 52% during July. The majority of spam topics continued to deal with Barack Obama’s political issues and the deat... |
10 August 2009
05:53 GMT |
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Everything is heading towards 2010 and, as usual, the security product developers make haste to issue their latest work before the end of 2009 (generally it all becomes clear once fall comes). With BitDefender an inch away from closing the beta for its Total Security and releasing the final development and Panda goin... |
7 July 2009
08:38 GMT |
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If you're going to go out, at least go out with a bang. This seems to be Microsoft's motto for Windows Live OneCare, a security solution that, in the latest comparative tests performed by AV-Comparatives, managed to best almost all rival products, including offerings from Eset, BitDefender, Kaspersky, AVG, ... |
1 June 2009
09:47 GMT |
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The world's first Mac OS X botnet has reportedly been discovered. Symantec researchers Mario Ballano Barcena and Alfredo Pesoli said the malware was actually discovered back in January, and came courtesy of two trojans, previously reported of here on Softpedia. According to Symantec's researchers, a Mac OS... |
17 April 2009
06:31 GMT |
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Websites belonging to Symantec and Kaspersky Labs, two of the biggest global providers of security solutions, have been found to be vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks. Ill-intent individuals could have exploited the flaws to steal authentication cookies or inject rogue IFrames and other potentially malicious ... |
16 April 2009
07:08 GMT |
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IT security giant Symantec has notified authorities in the U.K., the U.S. and Puerto Rico that the credit card information of around 200 of its customers might have been compromised. The company has started an investigation at one of its outsourced call centers in India, after BBC reporters successfully acquired vali... |
1 April 2009
06:28 GMT |
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An unsigned component called pifts.exe that was pushed by Symantec to its customers created quite a stir on the Internet yesterday, even raising several conspiracy theories. The malware distributors did not miss the chance to target the massive amount of users searching for information about the curious file and inje... |
11 March 2009
07:02 GMT |
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Researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec announce that an update has been delivered to some Conficker-infected computers. From the initial analysis, it looks like the new variant ups the stakes by generating 50,000 domain names per day instead of 250. Conficker, also known as Downadup or Kido, is one of the most s... |
9 March 2009
02:00 GMT |
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A new study conducted on US workers reveals that 60 percent of them steal private company data when they leave or are thrown out of their jobs, and that most of that information gets used for various purposes. The percentage has been put forth after a new research by the Ponemon Institute, which conducted its survey ... |
23 February 2009
09:59 GMT |
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