Symantec

Symantec Problem Is No Surprise

Symantec's destructive update is an inevitable consequence of how anti-malware works, says Peter Judge.

12 years ago

Buggy Symantec AV Update Crashed Windows XP

Compatibility crashed Symantec customers's Windows XP PCs

12 years ago

Trojan Makes Printers Go Potty The World Over

A Trojan is making printers across the world spew out garbled rubbish until all the paper is used up

12 years ago

Symantec Partners Microsoft For Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery

Symantec's "disaster recovery as a service" has been extended to use Microsoft's Azure cloud platform

12 years ago

Flashback Crooks Fluffed Money Making Scheme

Flashback operators were unable to make much money from the hundreds of thousands of Macs they had control of

13 years ago

Symantec Roadmap Centres On Cloud, Mobile Computing

At its Vision 2012 conference Symantec discussed plans for the cloud and mobile markets, as well as possible acquisitions

13 years ago

Malicious Attacks Spike As Flaws Fall In 2011

Vulnerabilities fall but cybercriminals take advantage of simple hacking tools and poor company security practices

13 years ago

Facebook Reveals Free Antivirus Marketplace

Facebook has teamed up with security players to offer its users free downloads of anti-malware software and blacklists

13 years ago

Infosec: McAfee Kills Nitro Name In Fresh SIEM Product

McAfee looks to make a splash in the SIEM space following its integration of NitroSecurity

13 years ago

Symantec Warns Of New Duqu Variant In Wild

Security vendor Symantec is warning that it has discovered a new version of the Duqu worm in the wild

13 years ago

UK Data Breach Cost Drops To £1.75 Million

Ponemon research shows businesses are getting better at preparing for breaches

13 years ago

Symantec To Complete Mobile Security Acquisition

Symantec to expand mobile security platform with takeover of Nukona

13 years ago

Symantec Releases Data Insight 3.0 Governance Intelligence Platform

Data Insight's scalable and parallel architecture is designed to support large-scale data management operations

13 years ago

Twitter Used By Malware Developers, Symantec Warns

Symantec has warned that Twitter is being increasingly used to dupe users into clicking on malware

13 years ago

Choose Your Own Device Promises A More Secure Future

Bring-your-own-device means all manner of hardware is starting to appear on the network. Eric Doyle argues that there is safer…

13 years ago

MWC 2012: Symantec Survey Confirms Mobility Trend

BYOD is problematic, and social media is frowned upon in today's businesses, symantec told TechWeekEurope

13 years ago

Attackers Prey On Visitors To Leaked Documents Site

Hackers have used the Blackhole exploit toolkit to compromise the Crytome.org document-leak website and infect thousands of visitors

13 years ago

Anonymous Hackers Claim To Release Symantec Source Code

'Anonymous' hackers release source code despite Symantec offering $50,000 to prevent the leak

13 years ago

Symantec Reveals Integrated Backup Solution

Symantec has released new backup software that can make use of tape, disk, physical or even virtual environments

13 years ago

Report Reveals VeriSign Was Repeatedly Hacked In 2010

Quarterly report from last November reveals that the network infrastructure provider was hacked and had data stolen multiple times in…

13 years ago

Switch Off pcAnywhere Immediately To Avoid Security Risk Says Symantec

Symantec warns older versions of pcAnywhere are at "increased risk" following theft of source code

13 years ago

Symantec Products’ Source Code Stolen In Unnoticed 2006 Breach

Servers of security specialist Symantec were breached six years ago but the company did not notice source code had been…

13 years ago

Symantec Adds Cloud-Based Archiving By Acquiring LiveOffice

Symantec's LiveOffice uses the SaaS-based CloudMerge platform to integrate email services with archiving in the cloud or on-site

13 years ago

Symantec Denies Hackers Have Norton Source Code

Lords of Dharamaraja claim to have stolen source code provided for the Indian military

13 years ago

Symantec VIP’s Strong Cloud Authentication: Review

Symantec's VIP employs strong multifactor authentication ideologies to bring security to the cloud and beyond

13 years ago

Symantec Buys Out Of Huawei Joint Security Venture

Symantec agrees to sell its stake in Huawei Symantec Technologies to its partner for $530 million

13 years ago

Symantec IM Security Cloud Addresses Compliance

IMS.cloud blocks messages that are malicious or violate corporate policy and the user is notified

13 years ago

Symantec Warns Of Nitro Cyber-Spy Campaign

The 'Nitro' cyber-spying campaign has hit human rights and business organisations, says Symantec

13 years ago

Symantec: Spammers Create Shortened URL Services

Spammers are now using their own publicly available shortened URL services to spread their scams

13 years ago

Cyber-Attack Fears Boost Symantec’s Quarter

Symantec posted strong quarterly results, noting continuing demand despite the uncertain economy

13 years ago