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
Industry Broadcom reportedly in talks to acquire cybersecurity giant Symantec No deal has been made yet By David Matthews, July 3, 2019, 2:15 PM
Security Detection of coinminers on endpoint computers rose 8,500 percent in 2017, Symantec says The surge correlates to spikes in crypocurrency values By Shawn Knight, March 23, 2018, 12:31 PM 7 comments
Security Electronics Symantec announces hassle-free Norton Core, a digital safety solution for connected homes By Shawn Knight, January 4, 2017, 5:15 PM
Security Industry Symantec to acquire identity theft protection provider LifeLock for $2.3 billion By Shawn Knight, November 21, 2016, 12:15 PM
Security Google 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
Security The Web E-mail spam rate drops below 50 percent for the first time in more than a decade By Shawn Knight, July 17, 2015, 1:15 PM
Security The Web Top-tier espionage malware 'Regin' has been spying on targets since 2008 By Shawn Knight, November 24, 2014, 1:15 AM 7 comments
Industry Symantec becomes third major tech company to announce split in two weeks By Shawn Knight, October 9, 2014, 7:45 PM 7 comments
Industry Software Symantec may join the spin-off bandwagon, break up into two companies By Himanshu Arora, October 8, 2014, 11:15 AM
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
Security Target received multiple security alerts when Black Friday hack started but did nothing about it By Shawn Knight, March 13, 2014, 3:30 PM
Security Symantec grapples with one of the largest botnets in history By Shawn Knight, October 1, 2013, 6:30 PM 13 comments
Security Symantec: Stuxnet existed two years earlier than anyone realized By Shawn Knight, February 27, 2013, 7:30 AM
Security The Web Microsoft and Symantec kill Bamital search hijacking botnet By Matthew DeCarlo, February 7, 2013, 4:30 PM
Security New worm is designed to attack Iran financial institutions By Shawn Knight, November 26, 2012, 3:00 PM 9 comments
Security Symantec says cybercrime cost consumers $110 billion last year By Shawn Knight, September 6, 2012, 6:30 PM 7 comments
Security Software Symantec software update causing BSOD on some Windows XP PCs By Shawn Knight, July 16, 2012, 2:30 PM 9 comments
Security Industry Malware affecting thousands of office printers worldwide By Shawn Knight, June 25, 2012, 3:00 PM
Security Flashback Trojan maker missed out on fraudulent ad click payout By Shawn Knight, May 17, 2012, 6:30 PM 7 comments
Security Religious websites are three times riskier than porn sites for malware By Shawn Knight, May 4, 2012, 12:30 PM 64 comments
Industry Software Avast most widely used antivirus, uTorrent most popular P2P utility By Rick Burgess, March 19, 2012, 3:00 PM 15 comments
Security Mobile Symantec "lost" phone study shows most people are dishonest By Rick Burgess, March 12, 2012, 4:30 PM 24 comments
Security Symantec offered hacker $50,000 for stolen source code By Lee Kaelin, February 7, 2012, 8:30 AM 13 comments