Symantec articles

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  Facebook partners with McAfee, Symantec, Microsoft, others to offer free antivirus software, expanded URL blacklist

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 25, 2012 12:00 pm + 28 comments

  Upwards of 90 percent of "hacked" Facebook accounts don't get compromised on Facebook, the company Continue reading…

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  Norton Identity Safe stores your logins in the cloud: the poor man's 1Password

  By Sean Hollister on April 24, 2012 01:51 am + 13 comments

  1Password is a fantastic cross-platform app that stores, locks and quickly retrieves your logins and Continue reading…

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  Norton Identity Safe screenshots

  on April 24, 2012 01:47 am

  Screenshots of Norton Identity Safe Continue reading…

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  Symantec to sell stake in joint venture, reportedly due to Huawei's bad security reputation

  By Dieter Bohn on March 27, 2012 03:02 am + 11 comments

  Four years ago, Symantec and Huawei formed a joint venture in Hong Kong called, appropriately Continue reading…

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  Symantec's 'lost' smartphone stunt shows the snoopy side of humanity

  By Ryan Heise on March 13, 2012 11:35 pm + 15 comments

  If you've ever dealt with that sinking feeling of despair as you run around in search of a misplaced Continue reading…

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  Anonymous releases source code for Norton AntiVirus 2006, Symantec says not to worry

  By Andrew Webster on March 10, 2012 12:57 am + 18 comments

  After a number of threats, hacker collective Anonymous has released what it claims is the source Continue reading…

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  Symantec source code hacker: we always planned to release the stolen code

  By Bryan Bishop on February 7, 2012 09:40 pm + 48 comments

  Protracted extortion negotiations with a hacker threatening to release stolen source code for Continue reading…

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  Symantec source code stolen: the extortion, investigation, and release

  By Bryan Bishop on February 7, 2012 08:39 pm

  The source code for several Symantec products was stolen in a network breach in 2006. A weeks-long Continue reading…

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  Symantec source code held by hackers in $50,000 extortion attempt, may have been released into the wild

  By Bryan Bishop on February 7, 2012 03:56 am + 7 comments

  The source code for Symantec's pcAnywhere and Norton AntiVirus products has been at the center of a Continue reading…

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  Symantec clarifies Counterclank malware claim on Android, no longer calls it malware

  By Chris Ziegler on January 30, 2012 08:48 pm + 44 comments

  Late last week, Symantec — which makes security software for desktop and mobile platforms — put Continue reading…