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Symantec: Stuxnet existed two years earlier than anyone realized
- A new report from security firm Symantec highlights the discovery of a new version of the Stuxnet virus that crippled Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. The most recent finding predates the earliest known instance of the cyber weapon by two years,…
Microsoft and Symantec kill Bamital search hijacking botnet
- In partnership with Symantec, Microsoft has disrupted yet another botnet, marking its sixth takedown in the three years since starting Project MARS (Microsoft Active Response for Security). Called "Bamital," the malware network has evolved into several variations since Symantec began…
New worm is designed to attack Iran financial institutions
- Stuxnet garnered a ton of media attention when it managed to cripple Iran’s nuclear program but a new worm recently detailed by Symantec is attacking the country on a different and perhaps even more damaging level.
Symantec says cybercrime cost consumers $110 billion last year
- New research shows more than 71 million Americans became victims of cybercrime over the past 12 months. Symantec’s 2012 Cybercrime Report further highlights the fact that US consumers lost nearly $21 billion as a result of malware, viruses, hacking, scams,…
Symantec software update causing BSOD on some Windows XP PCs
- Symantec has reported that a recent antivirus update caused a number of PCs running Windows XP to crash. The conflict is said to affect Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 software designed for business clients, resulting in the all-too-familiar blue screen of…
Malware affecting thousands of office printers worldwide
- A piece of malware known as Trojan.Milicenso that originally surfaced in 2010 has been making a comeback over the past two weeks, primarily affecting office printers in the US, India, Europe and South America, according to Symantec. The resulting infection…
Flashback Trojan maker missed out on fraudulent ad click payout
- At the height of the Flashback Trojan, experts say it spread to more than 600,000 Macs worldwide. Aside from being a pain in the rear end of those who were infected, it was estimated that the author could be generating…
Religious websites are three times riskier than porn sites for malware
- Religious and ideological web pages are more dangerous than pornographic sites with regard to malware infection according to the latest Internet Security Threat Report (PDF) from Symantec. In fact, pages featuring adult content didn’t even make the top five most…
Avast most widely used antivirus, uTorrent most popular P2P utility
- According to Opswat, a software development company based in San Francisco, Avast continues to be the world's preferred antivirus. Avast was found on more than 16 percent of computers worldwide. For the past few years, Avast has topped the survey (pdf),…
Symantec "lost" phone study shows most people are dishonest
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Symantec's Honey Stick Project (pdf) confirms what many of us already knew: almost no one can resist the temptation of poking around on someone else's smartphone. The study placed 50 smartphones in various public areas throughout several major American and Canadian cities...
Symantec offered hacker $50,000 for stolen source code
- Anonymous released email exchanges between a member and Symantec yesterday, revealing that the security firm offered them $50,000 in exchange for destroying the source code of pcAnywhere and Norton Antivirus tools, believed to have been obtained by hackers after breaking…
Symantec reveals Counterclank malware threat for Android
- Symantec revealed via blog post that they have identified multiple publisher IDs on the Android Market that are being used to host malware-infected apps. The threat is being classified as the largest distribution of malware to hit Android this year.
Symantec recommends disabling pcAnywhere after source code leak
- In a PDF outlining the impact of its proprietary source code being stolen, Symantec recommends disabling pcAnywhere until the next update is issued. This warning includes users who are running pcAnywhere 12.0, 12.1 and 12.5, which is the latest version.…
China, not India, may be behind government espionage
- A series of memos leaked earlier this month implicated the Indian government in possible espionage against the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC). Reuters reports that new information stemming from a U.S. investigation suggests Chinese hackers may actually be…
Hackers DDoS Israel websites, will expose Norton source code tomorrow
- Fueled by anti-government sentiment, hackers continue their string of attacks against Israel. On Monday, a distributed denial of service attack was launched against two websites: the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and El Al, the national Israeli airline. The DDoS attack…
Indian military computers hacked, Symantec source code leaked
- Symantec insists consumer versions of Norton Antivirus are safe, but a group of hackers who call themselves the Lords of Dharmaraja claim (link may be removed at any time) to have stolen the company's proprietary source code for Norton and possibly…
Symantec: spam nearing three-year low, targeted attacks on the rise
- E-mail spam across the world is close to a three-year low, now accounting for 70.5 percent of all messages sent. That may sound like a lot until you consider that 90 percent of e-mail sent in 2009 was spam, according…
PoisonIvy RAT used to extract data from chemical and defense firms
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Symantec Corp has revealed that a coordinated cyber attack targeted at least 48 chemical and defense companies in the US, Bangladesh and the UK. The source of the attack has been traced to a man in China, according to...
Symantec: iOS and Android are better than a desktop OS, but still insecure
- Symantec has released a new 23-page whitepaper titled "A Window into Mobile Device Security: Examining the security approaches employed in Apple's iOS and Google's Android" (PDF). It is a technical evaluation of the two predominant mobile platforms (Apple's iOS and…
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