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Analysis: Bring Your Own Device

Analysis: Bring Your Own Device

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The mobile device sector has truly changed the way business gets done across every industry. And by far the most important change has been the practice of bringing your own ...

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Apr 4th 2013 at 10:00AM
Flame creator sends suicide command to remove malware from infected computers

Flame creator sends suicide command to remove malware from infected computers

NEWS

Symantec has picked up the suicide command sent by the creators of Flame, which removes the malware from infected computers.

Laura Barnes
by Laura Barnes
on Jun 8th 2012 at 1:56PM
'Hackers attempted to extort money' reveals Symantec

'Hackers attempted to extort money' reveals Symantec

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The Security firm has revealed that hackers tried to extort money in exchange for keeping source code private.

Laura Barnes
by Laura Barnes
on Feb 8th 2012 at 2:51PM
Symantec tells users to disable PCAnywhere

Symantec tells users to disable PCAnywhere

NEWS

Security software vendor Symantec has told customers to stop using the remote control software PCAnywhere based on a source code theft back in 2006.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Jan 27th 2012 at 7:10AM

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Norton 360 v6 public beta launched

Norton 360 v6 public beta launched

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Symantec has released the public beta of its Norton 360 v6 security software.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Oct 11th 2011 at 11:11AM
Ingram Micro EMEA announces launch of Channel Transformation Alliance

Ingram Micro EMEA announces launch of Channel Transformation Alliance

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Ingram Micro EMEA has announced the launch of the Channel Transformation Alliance, which aims to offer help and support to IT resellers in areas such as cloud computing, emerging technologies, ...

Helen French
by Helen French
on Sep 19th 2011 at 11:22AM
New malware makes money from your GPU

New malware makes money from your GPU

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Security software vendor Symantec unveiled a new Windows trojan called Badminer which will use an infected machine's GPU card to mine for the Bitcoin virtual currency.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Aug 18th 2011 at 9:15AM
Win a Lotus Elise with Norton

Win a Lotus Elise with Norton

NEWS

Norton is giving PCR readers the chance to win a Lotus Elise sports car, as well as Apple iPads.

Andrew Wooden
by Andrew Wooden
on Dec 14th 2010 at 3:54PM

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Spam continues to fall

Spam continues to fall

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The volume of email spam has continued to drop following the shut down of several botnets pumping out unwanted email, security outfit Symantec has found

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Nov 12th 2010 at 7:35AM
Ingram Micro takes over London Eye

Ingram Micro takes over London Eye

NEWS

Ingram Micro today hosted a unilateral trade event in the heart of the capital, occupying the London Eye and the London Film Museum.

by Nicky Trup
on Oct 6th 2010 at 3:10PM
Android app secretly uploads user GPS location

Android app secretly uploads user GPS location

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Symantec has warned of a game available on the Android Marketplace which periodically uploads GPS data from handset running the game.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Aug 17th 2010 at 4:21AM
Windows 2000 PCs under attack

Windows 2000 PCs under attack

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Symantec has observed a number of attacks on PCs using the Windows 2000 operating system that haven’t installed a recent Windows Media Service patch.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Jun 4th 2010 at 10:58AM

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Symantec snaps up VeriSign

Symantec snaps up VeriSign

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Symantec has bought the VeriSign's security business, comprising its identity and authentication operations.

Andrew Wooden
by Andrew Wooden
on May 20th 2010 at 11:32AM
Mac users 'under threat' from malware

Mac users 'under threat' from malware

NEWS

Apple users are becoming increasingly vulnerable to malware threats, a Symantec exec has said.

by Nicky Trup
on Apr 7th 2010 at 3:10PM
Marketplace: This month's hottest hardware and software

Marketplace: This month's hottest hardware and software

NEWS

Security has been a key theme in new product launches this month, from new software packages to secure storage devices.

by Nicky Trup
on Apr 6th 2010 at 9:37AM
75% of businesses have suffered cyber-attacks

75% of businesses have suffered cyber-attacks

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Over the last year 75 per cent of enterprises suffered some form of cyber attacks, with 36 per cent of those rating the attacks somewhat or highly effective, according to ...

Andrew Wooden
by Andrew Wooden
on Feb 22nd 2010 at 11:17AM

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Norton continues to lead security sales

Norton continues to lead security sales

NEWS

Symantec's Norton 360 All-In-One security suite continues to lead sales in our anti-virus software sales chart, a position that it has occupied since September.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Nov 27th 2009 at 4:14PM
Symantec backs PCR Awards

Symantec backs PCR Awards

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Symantec has signed up as Platinum Sponsor of the PCR Awards 2010, which will be held at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London, on Thursday March 25th 2010.

Andrew Wooden
by Andrew Wooden
on Nov 20th 2009 at 12:02PM
Facebook users hit by botnet attack

Facebook users hit by botnet attack

NEWS

Nearly 750,000 Facebook users have received fake password reset messages, security researchers have found.

by Nicky Trup
on Oct 29th 2009 at 12:14PM
Free antiviruses a 'false economy'

Free antiviruses a 'false economy'

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Using free security software can prove to be a false economy, industry experts have warned.

by Nicky Trup
on Oct 26th 2009 at 3:57PM