For a while now ransomware scare hadn’t made it to the headlines, but that ceased to be true with Symantec reporting of a Breaking Bad-themed ransomware on the prowl in Australia infecting…
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Symantec: Energy companies in Middle East receiving end of malware attack
Middle East-based Energy sector companies are among the most recent targets of new data exfiltration software dubbed Trojan.Laziok, which is aimed at infecting systems to steal companies’ sensitive information, Symantec researchers have…
Symantec warns LinkedIn users of phishing emails
Internet security firm Symantec has warned LinkedIn users to be careful of phishing emails claiming to be sourced from LinkedIn’s support team. Symantec said that it has observed an increase in phishing…
Symantec splits into 2 ‘independent publicly traded companies’
Symantec: Separating Symantec into two, independent publicly traded companies will provide each business the flexibility and focus to drive growth and enhance shareholder value.
Symantec & Kaspersky software omitted from China’s procurement list
Five Chinese software brands have made their way to the list, after gaining a thumbs up for use in the country including Venustech, CAJinchen, Qihoo 360 Technology Co, Beijing Jiangmin and Rising.
Box hires former Symantec CEO as a special advisor
Box, one of the fastest growing cloud storage firms, has announced it is hiring former Symantec CEO Enrique Salem as a special advisor to help create a new cloud security model. Aaron…
Symantec: Retail POS at increased attack risk after Windows XP EOL
Symantec has warned that retail point-of-sale (POS) systems, which run on Windows XP embedded or even Windows XP professional in some instances are at an increased risk of attacks after the operating…