Symantec source code that was recently lifted by hackers is from two old enterprise products unrelated to the company's current consumer software, according to the antivirus vendor.
On Thursday, several reports surfaced that hackers had managed to access source code from certain Symantec products. But the exact products and their version numbers were initially unknown.
In an e-mail to ZDNet UK's sister site CNET News on Friday, Symantec spokesman Cris Paden said that the two products in question are Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0 and Symantec Antivirus 10.2. Currently at version 12, SEP 11 is four years old but is still supported, while Symantec Antivirus 10.2 has been discontinued.
For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see That stolen Symantec source code? It's for older enterprise products on CNET News.
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The worrying thought though, is that a hacker managed to get at actual source code from ANY of a so call leading security company! Regardless of the age of the software source stolen, I am sure it will have hilighted enough of the internal architecture of the product to give a heads up on how to get around the scanning and protection engine, or even the 'update' engine which means rogue updates......