Hackers exploiting bugs in Symantec’s pcAnywhere could hijack as many as 200,000 systems connected to the internet, a researcher claimed yesterday, including up to 5,000 running point-of-sale programs that collect consumer credit card data. The revelations came just four weeks after Symantec took the unprecedented step of telling pcAnywhere users…
Hacker taunts Symantec, releases pcAnywhere source code, promises others
Source code for Symantec’s pcAnywhere software is now out in the wild, following failed negotiations between a hacker and the company. Emails published to Pastebin on Monday indicate that the hacker demanded $50,000 from the company to prevent the source code’s release, a conversation Symantec confirms is legitimate. The company…
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 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…
Symantec pcAnywhere source leaked, Hacker negotiations fail
A group of hackers claiming to be affiliated with the group known as Anonymous had until today been negotiating with Symantec for a safe return of stolen property through an online personality named YamaTough. The YamaTough personality spoke on behalf of the Lords of Dharmaraja, a known hacker collective responsible…
Tenable Network Security Podcast Episode 111 – “Detecting pcAnywhere, browser vulnerabilities, & hacking cars”
Welcome to the Tenable Network Security Podcast Episode 111 Hosts Paul Asadoorian, Product Evangelist Carlos Perez, Lead Vulnerability Researcher Ron Gula, CEO/CTO Jack Daniel, Product Manager Announcements Check out our video channel on YouTube that contains the latest Nessus and SecurityCenter 4 tutorials. The “Top Ten Things You Didn’t Know…
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
(2) MEDIUM: Symantec PCAnywhere Buffer Overflow
Category: Widely Deployed Software Affected: Symantec pcAnywhere 12.0.x and 12.1.x prior to 12.5.3 View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security
Symantec rescinds pcAnywhere remote software security guidance
Symantec has retracted its don’t-use-pcAnywhere recommendation to owners of the remote access software. Last week, the company took the highly unusual step of telling pcAnywhere users to disable the program based on a 2006 source code leak and this month’s claims by members of Anonymous that they were mining the…