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Symantec users beware
It took 5 years and a threat by a hacker group for Symantec to admit that they were successfully hacked and source code to some of their software was stolen. As the threat was never delivered upon it...
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With the growing cellular bandwidth, maybe your phone can join a botnet too?
While this could be a bid to convince people that they need to purchase an anti-virus product for their phones, it is also possible that the increase in bandwidth expected from the roll out of 4G in...
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Symantec starts a non-destructive reformat
Symantec is splitting its self down the middle, with one side focusing on their antivirus and security products, which apparently still sell and are not just bundled with new laptops and computers, and...
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More Examples of Why AV Software Can Be Bad
I know that I've mention this in the past, and I'm not advocating running no antivirus software, but it's good to remember that you're using high-privileged software to load untrusted data. While...
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CES 2017: Symantec Announces Norton Core Router
Symantec has recently announced the Norton Core router and the Norton Core Security Plus subscription service. The Norton branding hints that these are targeted at their home and family customers,...
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Symantec's Sorta Secure Sockets Layer
Symantec may not have chosen their partners wisely as once again we see some questionable SSL certs being released into the wild by one of their audited partners. For a while last week, some rather...
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Fool me once, shame on me ... Chrome gives Symantec the cold shoulder
The original issue dates back two years ago, when a serious security issue was discovered effecting all Norton and Symantec products which allowed an attacker to easily infect your Windows kernel...
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