Shape up or die, Google tells Symantec
Symantec needs to fully explain how it came to issue rogue digital certificates for Google domains or face the wrath of Google and a Chrome blockade.
Symantec needs to fully explain how it came to issue rogue digital certificates for Google domains or face the wrath of Google and a Chrome blockade.
A cyberattack on the US Internal Revenue Service, reported earlier this year, now seems to be worse than originally thought. Yet the most attention was on the publication of the records from the recent Ashley Madison hack, which set tongues wagging around the world and had the site's parent company scouring the records to confirm their authenticity. Analysis of the released records, which include source code and email records, showed that internal technical experts had raised concerns about the site's security as much as a year ago. And some believe the high-profile hack willlead to a tiered Internet, while others believe it has important lessons for CSOs and could lead to a wave of spear phishing attacks.
David Braue | 24 Aug | Read more
A day after Microsoft released a patch for critical bug in Internet Explorer researchers have found it being used in semi-targeted attacks on visitors to a church in Hong Kong.
Symantec has acquired two training firms to accelerate its virtual-reality platform that lets employees see the world through a hacker’s lens.
LAS VEGAS -- The growth of the Internet of Things will offer new ransomware opportunities for cybercriminals, according to a report released Thursday by Symantec.
Maria Korolov | 07 Aug | Read more
The cyberespionage group that stole the personal records of millions of Americans from U.S. health insurer Anthem and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has also reportedly breached United Airlines.
Lucian Constantin | 30 Jul | Read more
A group has been singled out as the attacker behind the recently disclosed hack against Anthem, believed to be the largest waged against a health care company.
Fred O'Connor | 30 Jul | Read more
The hackers behind one of the largest attacks on a US health insurer last year are a highly professional group that’s been active since at least 2012, according to new research from Symantec.
An analysis of the cybersecurity job market looking back at 2014, the first half of 2015, and projecting out to 2019, reveals some interesting figures. For instance, the top paying cybersecurity job is a security software engineer with an average annual salary of $233,333, according to a recent report from the job board Dice. That tops the salary for a CSO which is $225,000.
Steve Morgan | 28 Jul | Read more
Later this year, Symantec will formally split into two separate companies. Security will remain under the Symantec brand with storage and archiving spinning off under the Veritas brand.
Anthony Caruana | 23 Jul | Read more
Spam fell to less than 50 per cent of all email in June, the lowest in a decade, Symantec said in its latest Intelligence Report.
Jeremy Kirk | 17 Jul | Read more
The comment period on a proposed set of software export restrictions ends next Monday, and the rules, as written, would severely restrict international sales, deployment, research and even discussion of cybersecurity tools and exploits, experts say.
Maria Korolov | 16 Jul | Read more
Symantec has identified a group of cybercriminals, whom they've named "Morpho," as targeting corporate intellectual property for financial gains, with Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft among those hit.
Maria Korolov | 14 Jul | Read more
The hackers that targeted Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft developers two years ago have escalated their economic espionage efforts as they seek confidential business information and intellectual property they can profit from.
Lucian Constantin | 09 Jul | Read more
Adobe is racing out a patch to fix a flaw in Flash Player that was secretly used by Italian surveillance software outfit Hacking Team — until details of it were leaked on Sunday.