India based hacker group that goes by the name ‘Lords of Dharmaraja’ has posted the source code of two of Symantec products on Pastebin. The document has already been taken down from the site. A hacker called “Yama Tough” (@YamaTough), who appears to be acting as a spokesperson for the gang, posted the content to [...]
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Indian hackers expose source code of Symantec products
Posted: 6th January 2012 by infosecindia in Data Loss, Data Privacy, NewsTags: CBI, Google, hacker, India, Lords of Dharmaraja, Norton, Pasteb, Symantec, Yama Tough
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Security software market grew 12 Percent in 2010: Gartner
Posted: 7th June 2011 by infosecindia in NewsTags: EMC, Gartner, IBM, security revenue, security software, Symantec, Trend Micro
Worldwide security software revenue totaled $16.5 billion in 2010, a 12 percent increase from 2009 revenue of $14.7 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The 2010 results show that overall vendor revenue demonstrated a rebound in growth after a sharp fall in performance in 2009 due to the slow economy and tight IT budgets. ”Products within the [...]
Consumerization of IT has already become a reality for many organizations
Posted: 23rd May 2011 by infosecindia in Mobile, NewsTags: Consumerization of IT, encryption, malware, mobile, mobile security, Symantec
Your employees increasingly use their own mobile devices for business– a trend known as the consumerization of IT. Symantec recently conducted a short survey to learn more about end users’ experiences and perspectives on this trend. What it found is the consumerization of IT has already become a reality for many organizations. The vast majority of respondents [...]
Spammers join the Gold rush
Posted: 25th April 2011 by infosecindia in News, SpamTags: economic gloom, Gold, Hit-and-run spam, Symantec
On April 20, for the first time ever, gold rose above $1,500 an ounce as worries over the U.S. economic outlook boosted demand for the metal as a haven. Within hours, Symantec observed this spammer’s response: a hit-and-run spam attack with the Subject line “Subject: Is Gold Your Ticket To A Golden Future?” Hit-and-run spam [...]
Symantec personalizes spam protection
Posted: 15th April 2011 by infosecindia in News, SpamTags: Brightmail, Messaging Gateway 9.5, personlize, Ponemon Cost of a Data Breach, spam protection, Symantec
Symantec has released its Symantec Messaging Gateway 9.5, powered by Brightmail. Formerly called “Symantec Brightmail Gateway,” this latest release in messaging security extends antispam capabilities with personalized protection against unwanted email. Organizations can now customize their definition of unwanted email to personalize the protection they receive, meeting the varied demands of their individual environments. In [...]
New tax year for UK brings new scams
Posted: 13th April 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, News, ScamTags: HMRC, scam, Symantec, Tax year, UK
Symantec has reported a new phishing scam that is taking advantage of the new tax year beginning for people in the UK on April 6, 2011. The message in question was being sent in the name of the HMRC, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, in an attempt to lure users into divulging bank account information [...]
Cyber Threats Skyrocket in Volume and Sophistication
Posted: 6th April 2011 by infosecindia in NewsTags: cyber threats, Symantec
> Targeted attacks, social networking threats, mobile device security and the proliferation of attack toolkits are top growing trends to watch in today’s threat landscape Symantec has announced the findings of its Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 16, which shows a massive threat volume of more than 286 million new threats last year, accompanied by [...]