Review: Mobile Security
With mobile devices now ubiquitous in the workplace, you need to have some level of protection in place. Ashton Mills investigates.
Ashton Mills | 31 Jan | Read more
With mobile devices now ubiquitous in the workplace, you need to have some level of protection in place. Ashton Mills investigates.
Ashton Mills | 31 Jan | Read more
Symantec has commenced with a massive reorganization, saying it will end the internal separation that's traditionally been made in security software development done in the Norton consumer division and its enterprise product lines. But that doesn't mean Symantec's Norton brand is going to disappear, according to Symantec CEO Steve Bennett.
Ellen Messmer | 30 Jan | Read more
A new Trojan program that displays rogue advertisements during browsing sessions uses a DNS-based email validation protocol called the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) in order to receive instructions from attackers without being detected, according to security researchers from Symantec.
Lucian Constantin | 28 Jan | Read more
It takes multiple measures layered on top of public cloud services to lock down enterprise data, say security pros
Taylor Armerding | 25 Jan | Read more
Under the helm of new CEO Steve Bennett, Symantec has outlined a reorganisation intended to lead to a leaner company and a new range of security and backup services and products, built primarily on internal research and development not acquisitions, within the next six to nine months.
Ellen Messmer | 24 Jan | Read more
Security software provider Symantec is reworking its sales strategy, reorganizing software lines, slimming middle management and increasing marketing and research efforts.
Joab Jackson | 23 Jan | Read more
There has been a surge in spam over the past week containing a trojan that mysteriously targets Australians and connects to servers in Russia and Poland if installed, according to Symantec.
Poland’s national NASK domain registrar has taken control of 23 domains it said were being used to support the Virus botnet has been attempting to resurrect the tenacious Waledec/Kelihos bot severely damaged by Microsoft in 2011.
John E Dunn | 22 Jan | Read more
Many of the domain names used by a cybercriminal gang to control computers infected with the Virut malware were disabled last week in a coordinated takedown effort, Spamhaus, an organization dedicated to fighting spam, announced Saturday.
Lucian Constantin | 21 Jan | Read more
Businesses need to be aware of, and prepared for, mobile adware, or “madware”, in 2013, according to Symantec Pacific region specialist solutions director, Sean Kopelke, who includes social media, mobile and Cloud threats in his warning.
Patrick Budmar | 17 Jan | Read more
Cloud computing is increasingly being adopted by companies around the world, but IT managers say "rogue cloud implementations" in which business managers sign up for services without getting IT approval is among their biggest challenges.
Ellen Messmer | 16 Jan | Read more
Symantec is crediting a hacker group with an impressive track record as responsible for finding the latest as yet unpatched vulnerability in older versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
Jeremy Kirk | 04 Jan | Read more
Security researchers from Symantec have identified an information-stealing Trojan program that was used to infect computer servers belonging to various U.S. financial institutions.
Lucian Constantin | 21 Dec | Read more
Building Security in Maturity Model leaders promote the dozen most popular security practices of the year
Taylor Armerding | 20 Dec | Read more
The London-based firm Trustonic made its official debut today to provide crypto-based technology for use in chips for a wide variety of purposes, including enterprise security such as VPNs, mobile-device security, payment services, and control over how content can be delivered for entertainment.
Ellen Messmer | 18 Dec | Read more