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NortonLifeLock warns of password manager breach after failing to reject mass login attempts

Credential stuffing attack could impact thousands of accounts

By Alfonso Maruccia , January 16, 2023, 1:40 PM 7 comments

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Security Software

NortonLifeLock to acquire Avast for $8 billion

Combined company to stay in both Arizona and Prague

By Daniel Sims , August 11, 2021, 4:38 PM 12 comments

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Norton 360 antivirus now lets users mine Ethereum cryptocurrency

Norton wants to make it easier for customers to mine crypto

By Shawn Knight , June 3, 2021, 10:31 AM

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Google's Project Zero team finds multiple critical flaws affecting Symantec's entire product line

By Shawn Knight , June 29, 2016, 12:15 PM 9 comments

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Security Software

Symantec is streamlining its Norton line, will offer a single program instead of nine

By Shawn Knight , August 19, 2014, 5:45 PM 15 comments

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Security Software

Microsoft Security Essentials fails AV-Test certification... again

By Rick Burgess , January 17, 2013, 4:00 PM 36 comments

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Microsoft Software

Microsoft Security Essentials bombs tests, loses AV-Test certificate

By Rick Burgess , November 29, 2012, 12:00 PM 77 comments

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Symantec says cybercrime cost consumers $110 billion last year

By Shawn Knight , September 6, 2012, 6:30 PM 7 comments

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Norton releases cloud-based password manager Identity Safe

By Shawn Knight , April 24, 2012, 8:30 AM 8 comments

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Avast most widely used antivirus, uTorrent most popular P2P utility

By Rick Burgess , March 19, 2012, 3:00 PM 15 comments

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Security Software

Symantec recommends disabling pcAnywhere after source code leak

By Rick Burgess , January 26, 2012, 4:30 PM 9 comments

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Adobe is bundling Shockwave Player with Norton's security software

By Shawn Knight , January 25, 2012, 5:30 PM 14 comments

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China, not India, may be behind government espionage

By Rick Burgess , January 20, 2012, 6:30 PM

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Hackers DDoS Israel websites, will expose Norton source code tomorrow

By Rick Burgess , January 16, 2012, 2:00 PM 16 comments