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Symantec: Flashback Trojan pulled in $10,000 a day

...According to security firm Symantec, which has been analysing the Flashback malware, the Trojan known as OSX... Read more

2 May, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Report: Scammers shift from spam to social media

...now moving to social media to look for better victims, according to Symantec's first-quarter threat report. The report (PDF) found that although the... Read more

1 May, 2012 by Michael Lee
Marlinspike: Certificates have 'real problems'

Marlinspike: Certificates have 'real problems'

...they want. With Convergence, the notaries could be guaranteed by security companies. Symantec is a security company that owns VeriSign SSL, so why not use... Read more

16 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Huawei buys out Symantec for control of joint venture

...Huawei has bought out Symantec's share in a joint venture between the two companies, giving it... Read more

15 November, 2011 by Jack Clark

Symantec O3 aims to protect business in the cloud

...Symantec has launched a cloud security management platform designed to allow enterprises to... Read more

5 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Huawei Symantec releases all-flash storage array

...Huawei Symantec has developed an all-flash storage array to serve applications that are... Read more

19 July, 2011 by Jack Clark

Symantec: Flashback infections drop to 140,000

...Security firm Symantec has lowered its estimate of Macs that still have the Flashback malware... Read more

18 April, 2012 by Josh Lowensohn

Symantec blamed for Huawei alliance break-up

...The Symantec-Huawei Technologies joint venture reportedly broke down because the US IT security... Read more

27 March, 2012 by Ellyne Phneah

Symantec offered hackers $50k in source code sting

...As part of a sting operation, Symantec told a hacker group that it would pay $50,000 to keep... Read more

7 February, 2012 by Stephen Musil

Symantec digs into Shady RAT attack emails

...series of cyberattacks against 72 organisations has been dissected by security company Symantec. The cyberattacks, which were publicised as Operation Shady RAT by McAfee on... Read more

5 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Symantec highlights iOS and Android flaws

...when allowing employees to use their personal phones for work, according to Symantec. Symantec has warned businesses to take iOS and Android flaws into account... Read more

29 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Social networks give fuel to cyberattacks, says Symantec

...will continue to be a problem for businesses in 2011, according to Symantec. It's possible, using social networks, to profile people Targeted attacks haven... Read more

5 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Symantec: Firms must take steps against DDoS attacks

...hit Visa and MasterCard's websites on Wednesday, a senior manager at Symantec has said. Ronnie Ng, senior manager for systems engineering at Symantec Singapore... Read more

13 December, 2010 by Tyler Thia

Anonymous activists release PCAnywhere source code

...onto the internet, hours after a hacker's negotiations for payment from Symantec broke down.The code was posted on the Pirate Bay file-sharing... Read more

7 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Android malware shifts shape on every download

...Symantec is reporting it has come across malicious Android applications hosted outside the... Read more

6 February, 2012 by Michael Lee

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

13 minutes ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

4 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

11 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

11 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

12 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

16 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

16 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

17 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

19 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

19 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

20 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

22 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

23 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

24 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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