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1. Insecurity leads to fascism

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   ... and the internet does not have any. While since Ivan the Terrible Russians have regarded police states as a jolly good thing, that does not explain Symantec's latest press release about people being ...

2. Hapless Twitter hijacked by insidious botnet

   (Security/Security Features)

   An insidious botnet has breached Twitter's cyber defenses and is exploiting the social networking site to further its command-and-control operations. According to Symantec, 'obfuscated' Twitter status ...

3. Symantec releases beta Norton new protection model

   (Software/Software Features)

     Symantec has released its public beta-test editions of Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010. Symantec has released its public beta-test editions of Norton Internet Security 2010 ...

4. FTC orders closure of rogue ISP

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... Children, The Shadowserver Foundation, Symantec Corporation and The Spamhaus Project.  ...

5. UPDATED: Conficker.e surfaces and reveals purpose: Wants $49.95

   (Security/Security Features)

   Late Wednesday, TrendMicro observed a new version of the Downad.KK/Conficker.c worm, dubbed Conficker.e. The previous version utilized its built-in P2P functionality to download the update, which then ...

6. Internet update: 225 million websites, more malware and spam

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Netcraft and Symantec’s Message Labs released several new interesting numbers about the Internet today. Apparently, the internet is still growing at a record pace, spam is on the rise again and more ...

7. Reward: $250,000 bounty for Conficker creator

   (Security/Security Features)

   ... collaborative effort include ICANN, NeuStar, VeriSign, CNNIC, Afilias, Public Internet Registry, Global Domains International Inc., M1D Global, AOL, Symantec, F-Secure, ISC, researchers from Georgia Tech, ...

8. Spam levels increasing again

   (Security/Security Features)

     McColo, a major hoster of spamming services may have been shut down two weeks ago, but it was considered to be just a matter of time until the spam volumes would increase again. According to Symantec’s ...

9. Mirror, mirror on the wall: Who is the greenest of them all?

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... Oracle (6%), Symantec (5%) and SAP (3%) are at the bottom of the list.  “It’s interesting that Google, a company that does not produce tangible hardware or software, but consumes a significant amount ...

10. Symantec’s Hagerman to become CEO at Corel

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Corel said that Kris Hagerman, formerly group president of Symantec’s Data Center Management Group, has been appointed as Corel’s interim chief executive officer. Hagerman will replace David Dobson who ...

11. Microsoft Access falls victim to serious flaw

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... in most installations of Internet Explorer and Outlook Express," said Symantec senior manager Ben Greenbaum in a PC World quote. Access, which is included in high-end versions of the Microsoft Office ...

12. Microsoft's November update patches one critical bug, one other bug

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... over an unsuspecting victim's computer. Symantec responded to the threat by saying it "is concerning as it's a publicly known issue that puts computer users at risk." The software giant ...

13. Adobe PDF exploits continue after patch

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... computer and immediately implant malware on it.  After Adobe said it updated the programs on Monday, Symantec sent out advisory warnings saying vulnerabilities still existed. According to the bulletin, ...

14. Masters of technology return for BlackHat/Defcon

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... rootkit.  But Thomas Ptacek of Symantec has a different take and will have a competing talk about how such rootkits are actually easier to detect than regular ones.  I suppose we shouldn’t ...

15. Symantec puts out Norton AntiBot beta

    (Security/Security Features)

    Symantec has released a free beta version of Norton AntiBot, a behavior-based malware protection software designed to work as a supplement to existing antivirus protection. Cupertino (CA) - Symantec has ...

16. Panda Antivirus 08 beta opens up for download

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... Symantec, McAfee, and Trend Micro. ...

17. Zero day flaw hits Windows DNS

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... vulnerability in a handful of Symantec anti-virus software titles.  However, a patch that was released a year ago from Symantec will prevent the attack. ...

18. United States the top source of online attacks

    (Security/Security Features)

    Most people probably think of China or Russia as the number one source of hacking attempts, but according to Symantec, most online attacks come from the United States. Culver City (CA) - Most people probably ...

19. Symantec announces Norton 360 suite

    (Security/Security Features)

    Symantec is throwing almost every security tool it can find into its new Norton 360 suite which contains antivirus, antispyware and antiphishing tools. Cupertino (CA) - Symantec is throwing almost every ...

20. Skype and Symantec partner up to offer online security

    (Security/Security Features)

    Skype and Symantec have partnered up to offer Norton Internet Security and other security products. The products have been "Skype Certified" and will be available through Skype's website ...

21. "Storm Worm" races across the net

    (Security/Security Features)

    A fast spreading Internet Worm has taken advantage of email users' concern about the recent deadly storm in Europe. The "Storm Worm" has the subject line "230 dead as storm batters ...

22. Symantec releases antivirus beta software for Windows Vista

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Symantec, next to McAfee, has been the key voice in criticizing Microsoft's decision to lock down the Windows Vista system Kernel and provide less access to one of the core elements - which could result ...

23. Universal goes against another video sharing site

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    In a bid to expand its position on copyright infringement, Universal Music Group announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Grouper and Bolt.com for allowing users to post videos to which Universal ...

24. Microsoft adjusts EU, Korean versions of Vista

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Following recent complaints by companies such as Symantec and McAfee, Microsoft today announced that it will revise the feature set of Windows Vista, which is on track for a global launch in January 2007. ...

25. Need ID theft insurance? Pick up a copy of CA's Security Suite.

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... in the security software field. Traditional providers such as Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro or Panda are seeing increased competition from firms such as Microsoft and CA, which want to cash in as Internet ...

26. Cyber attacks getting more serious for home users

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Home users have become the main target of blended security threats. According to report released by Symantec, the first six months of 2006 brought more than 2200 individual threats that increasingly show ...

27. Symantec updates Internet security software

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Symantec has launched new versions of two of its Internet security software titles. Norton Antivirus 2007 and Norton Internet Security 2007 provide computers with safeguards against spyware, viruses, ...

28. Yahoo, Symantec unveil Internet security service

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

      Yahoo and Symantec unveiled a joint consumer Internet security service on Monday that will help the two companies compete against major rivals such as Google and Microsoft. Yahoo and Symantec unveiled ...

29. Google joins effort to encourage consumer privacy legislation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... as a platform for communication, expression, e-commerce, and so forth," Wong writes. The CPL includes anumber of other companies such as Ebay, HP, Kodak, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun and Symantec.  ...

30. Microsoft takes OneCare security suite live

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... as Symantec's Norton Internet Security or McAfee's Internet Security Suite by offering similar functionality that tightly integrates with the Windows operating system. In addition to an anti-virus package, ...

31. Symantec software boots users offline

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      A faulty update to Symantec's Norton security software began booting thousands of users off their AOL internet connections last week, Symantec has admitted. A faulty update to Symantec's Norton ...

32. Symantec readies security subscription service

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Symantec expects to begin offering a new consumer security service similar to Microsoft's Windows OneCare Live by September of this year, a company executive said this week. Symantec expects to ...

33. Security vendors team against spyware

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... forces to reduce confusion surrounding identifying and eliminating spyware. McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, ICSA Labs and Thomson Cyber Security Labs plan to create a standardize method for evaluating spyware ...

34. VoIP could hide botnets

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... thinks that a centralized VoIP vulnerability database page may help to warn users about such threats. Major anti-virus vendors, like Symantec and Sophos, have virus databases where people can submit and ...

35. Google, Lenovo and Sun unite against "badware"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... for several years. Administrators dealing with a virus outbreak often go to vendor websites like Sophos, Symantec or McAfee. While helpful, these websites tend to cater to network administrators rather ...

36. Symantec issues security warning for its own software

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    How much stealth is being used everyday by the software upon which we've come to depend? Last night, Symantec had to issue a security advisory about a piece of its own software, whose own stealth techniques ...

37. Security expert says Mac users may have a false sense of security

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... booth at the upcoming Macworld in San Franscisco and a retail push, Raba wants MacScan to become a household name like Ad-Aware or Symantec. Raba told us that spyware makers have not hit the Macintosh ...

38. Microsoft opens up OneCare Live beta

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... to directly compete with anti-virus products from established vendors like Symantec or McAfee, but it's easy to see how OneCare looks like Symantec's SystemWorks - Just replace Symantec's signature yellow ...

39. New Sober variant an efficient worm, but infections already dying down

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... This tool searches for the Microsoft tool and terminates it. "It's not looking for Trend-Micro, Symantec, Mcafee or any of the others," says Perry.  ...

40. Sony BMG suspends production of XCP-endowed audio CDs, acknowledges exploits

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... and a few have confused Sophos', Kaspersky's, and Symantec's differing nomenclature for the malicious packages as separate instances. There is a technical definition of "virus" and there is a general definition; ...

41. Symantec updates Norton Suite

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Symantec released the latest version of its Norton security software on Monday, adding a new "protection center" to its Norton Internet Security 2006 applications suite. Symantec released the ...

42. McAfee, Symantec ride security wave

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      McAfee and Symantec posted results after the close on Thursday that showed that demand for security remains strong. McAfee and Symantec posted results after the close on Thursday that showed that ...

43. Symantec files suit to label adware

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Symantec has filed a lawsuit against a New York Internet company for the right to detect its toolbars as adware. Symantec has filed a lawsuit against a New York Internet company for the right ...

44. Symantec launches anti-spyware beta

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Symantec has launched the beta test version of its anti-spyware application, which will be sold from June as part of its Norton Internet Security 2005 application. Symantec has launched the beta ...

45. Symantec releases beta of spyware product

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Symantec has released the public beta version of its comprehensive, integrated Internet security software that provides protection from spyware and adware to home users. Symantec has released ...

46. Symantec acknowledges two holes in antivirus products

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Security software company Symantec acknowledged that software flaws in some of its antivirus products could allow malicious hackers to use denial-of-service (DOS) attacks to crash systems running ...

47. Yahoo expands e-mail storage

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... free e-mail account from the current limit of 250MB. As part of its e-mail changes, it is also providing software from Symantec Corp. to clean viruses detected in attachments. Read the complete story here. ...

48. Symantec vs. Computer Associates

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      For years it had been Symantec, the Internet-security software company, that was most often mentioned in the same breath with other pure-play security software outfits. For years it had been Symantec, ...

49. Nearly 30 Symantec titles open to attack

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Symantec on Tuesday released patches for a vulnerability found in a large number of its products, including flagship titles such as BrightMail AntiSpam, AntiVirus Corporate Edition, and its 2004 ...

50. Phel trojan horse attacks Windows XP

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Security firm Symantec is warning users of a newly discovered Trojan horse named Phel - an anagram of the word help - that attacks Windows XP. Security firm Symantec is warning users of a newly ...