Symantec security researchers are seeing cyber-criminals increasingly using Twitter as a way of luring mobile device users to their malware. In a March 12 post on Symantec’s blog, company employee Joji Hamada said that tweets are becoming a popular way for cyber-criminals to bring people to the Android.Opfake malware. “Users…
Symantec warns against social engineering and malware innovations
Symantec is warning business executives to be vigilant of social engineering tricks and noted the technical innovation in spam and malware over the last few months in its Symantec Intelligence Report. The result that really stood out for Symantec.Cloud A/NZ principal systems engineer, Adrian Covich, was the discovery of malicious…
Hacker thieves targeted Anonymous allies: Symantec
Anonymous on Monday gave mixed reactions to a US computer security firm's report that backers of the notorious hacker group were suckered into downloading software that steals online banking information. View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Malware and Spam Volume Down, Complexity on the Rise: Symantec
The level of technical innovation and social engineering, as well as the targeting of business executives, are some of the new security trends that Symantec is warning people to be vigilant against. The observation comes the way of the latest Symantec Intelligence Report, which looked into the state of spam…
Symantec Report Finds New Wave of Cyber-Attacks Impersonating Business Mediation and Arbitration Service and Volume of …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwire -02/29/12)- Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC – News) today announced the findings of its February Symantec Intelligence Report, which shows a new wave of cyber-attacks designed to impersonate a well-known business mediation and arbitration service in North America. Businesses are being targeted with emails purporting to originate from…
Symantec releases updated Norton 360 client security
Symantec today released an updated version of its Norton 360 desktop and mobile security software, while also rolling out a new licensing arrangement for combined PC, Mac and Android use. In addition, the company announced a novel plan for a new kind of customer support called “Norton One” that involves…
Hacker posts Symantec source
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 to the hacker calling himself YamaTough to destroy the…
Hacker posts Symantec source
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 to the hacker calling himself YamaTough to destroy the…
Symantec admits source code published by Anonymous is genuine
Symantec is in an ongoing fight against hackers in the group Anonymous that last January attempted to extort a payment of around $50,000 (£30,000) from Symantec in exchange for not publicly posting stolen Symantec source code they had stolen for various older Symantec security products dating to 2006. Late yesterday,…
Hacker posts Symantec source code after ransom demand fails
A hacker has released stolen source code from Symantec Corp., one of the largest computer security firms, after a phony set of ransom negotiations failed, according to the company. The source code is part of a Symantec product called pcAnywhere, which allows users to log into and control home or…