Hacker says will release Symantec source code

A computer hacker said on Friday it would release the source code for Symantec Corp's Norton antivirus software, citing a lawsuit that had been filed against the company. The message appeared on hacker … View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…

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Microsoft ASP.Net flaw targeted by hacker exploit code

Exploit code for a recently patched denial-of-service vulnerability that affects Microsoft’s ASP.NET web development platform has been published online, therefore increasing the risk of potential attacks. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2011-3414, was disclosed in December at the Chaos Communication Congress, Europe’s largest and oldest hacker conference. Shortly afterward Microsoft published…

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MS12-002 – Important : Vulnerability in Windows Object Packager Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2603381)

Security Central Manage the software and security updates you need to deploy to the servers, desktop, and mobile systems in your organization. For more information see the TechNet Update Management Center. The Microsoft TechNet Security website provides additional information about security in Microsoft products. Security updates are available from Microsoft…

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Symantec: Hackers did steal code, but it’s old

Symantec confirmed late Thursday that hackers did in fact compromise a portion of its source code, but the stolen code is related to two enterprise security products that have been discontinued. The code belonged to Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Antivirus 10.2, which are four and five years old, respectively. Symantec’s consumer…

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