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Article | 2/08/2011 Symantec releases next-gen email archiving software
Symantec today announced its next-generation email and content archiving software, Enterprise Vault 10, which now purports to automatically classify e...
Article | 28/06/2011 Symantec compares iOS and Android security
Apple's iOS and Google's Android smartphone platforms are more secure than traditional desktop-based operating systems, but are still susceptible to m...
Article | 14/06/2011 Survey finds many disappointed in virtualization, cloud computing
Too often, organizations aren't getting as much out of virtualization and hybrid cloud computing as they first thought they would, according to a Syma...
Article | 10/06/2011 Feds seize Swiss bank account of scareware mogul
Federal authorities have seized all the cash in a Swiss bank account held by a scareware mogul and scam artist who is charged with selling phony Syman...
Article | 25/05/2011 Spammers create short URL systems to beat security
Spammers have started setting up bogus URL shortening services to act as relay points for traffic generated by their emails, Symantec's MessageLabs di...
Article | 24/05/2011 Fake drive rescue utility demands $80 to restore desktop
The fake software pushers just won't give up. Security company Symantec has discovered a Trojan that tries to get PC users to pay for a worthless driv...
Article | 20/05/2011 Symantec to acquire Clearwell for e-discovery
Symantec today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Clearwell Systems for about $390 million, a move that will put Sym...
Article | 20/05/2011 Six rising threats from cybercriminals
Hackers never sleep, it seems. Just when you think you've battened down the hatches and fully protected yourself or your business from electronic secu...
Article | 19/05/2011 Personal data of Massachusetts' unemployed stolen
As if being unemployed isn't bad enough, 210,000 unemployed residents of Massachusetts may have had personal data about them stolen from the state age...
Article | 17/05/2011 Windows scareware fakes impending drive disaster
Scammers are trying to trick Windows users into paying to fix bogus hard drive errors that have apparently erased important files, a researcher said t...
Article | 17/05/2011 Experts: Small firms can take steps to improve cybersecurity
Wading into e-commerce waters can be scary for small businesses because of cybersecurity threats, but they can take steps to protect themselves, a gro...
Article | 14/05/2011 Facebook, Twitter need corporate security policies
Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter open threats to sensitive corporate data that businesses need to deal with aggressively, Interop attendee...
Article | 14/05/2011 Zeus leaks give tools to researchers, attackers
The source code and a manual to the popular crimeware creation kit Zeus has been leaked, perhaps giving defenders additional tools to fight infections...
Article | 14/05/2011 Wall Street Beat: Microsoft deal, Intel dividend buoy tech
Though Cisco had disappointing earnings news this week, the Microsoft deal to buy Skype, an Intel dividend and solid financials from Symantec helped k...
Article | 12/05/2011 Facebook denies privacy breach allegations by Symantec
Facebook today denied that it may have accidentally exposed personal user data to advertisers and other third parties for several years, as claimed th...