Hacker group Anonymous claimed late Monday that the source code of Symantec’s pcAnywhere had been uploaded on The Pirate Bay site. Symantec could not immediately comment on whether the hackers had indeed released the source code of its product. “It happened so recently that we’re still in the process of…
Hacker releases Symantec source code
By Joseph Menn and Frank Jack Daniel (Reuters) – A hacker released the source code for antivirus firm Symantec‘s pcAnywhere utility on Tuesday, raising fears that others could find security holes in the product and attempt takeovers of customer computers. The release followed failed email negotiations over a $50,000 payout…
Hacker sought $50k for stolen source code
Hackers sought US$50,000 (NZ$59,882) from US anti-virus firm Symantec Corp in return for the stolen blueprints to its flagship products under what the company says was a sting operation run by an undisclosed law enforcement agency via emails. The company said the emails were in fact between the hacker and…
Hacker sought $50k in stolen source code sting
Hackers sought US$50,000 (NZ$59,882) from US anti-virus firm Symantec Corp in return for the stolen blueprints to its flagship products under what the company says was a sting operation run by an undisclosed law enforcement agency via emails. The company said the emails were in fact between the hacker and…
Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code
Computerworld – Symantec today confirmed that the pcAnywhere source code published on the Web Monday by hackers who tried to extort $50,000 from the company was legitimate. View full post on cyber extortion – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Anonymous claims to have released Symantec’s pcAnywhere source code
Hacker group Anonymous claimed late Monday that the source code of Symantec’s pcAnywhere had been uploaded on The Pirate Bay site. Symantec could not immediately comment on whether the hackers had indeed released the source code of its product. “It happened so recently that we’re still in the process of…
Anonymous Claims to Have Released Source Code of Symantec’s PcAnywhere
Hacker group Anonymous claimed late Monday that the source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere had been uploaded on The Pirate Bay site. View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
NY programmer busted by FBI for stealing US Treasury code
The FBI said it arrested a computer programmer in New York this week and charged him with stealing proprietary software code from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The software known as the Government-Wide Accounting and Reporting Program (GWA) handles all manner of US government financial transactions. Stealing the…
Programmer arrested over $10m software code theft
Stole from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York View full post on computer theft – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Symantec admits security source code stolen after network hack
Symantec has admitted its own network was compromised having previously denied the source code of some of its flagship security products was stolen. In a statement provided to Reuters, the security software giant acknowledged that hackers had broken into its network when they stole source code of some of the…