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Hacker releases Symantec source code
(Reuters)
7 Feb 2012 at 3:25pm
Reuters - A hacker released the source code for antivirus firm Symantec's pcAnywhere utility on Tuesday, raising fears that others could find security holes in the product and attempt takeovers of customer computers.
Fresh iPhone Apps for Feb. 7: Hotels by Orbitz, TripLingo Romance Edition, Th...
7 Feb 2012 at 5:23am
Appolicious - Get ready for your next trip with today?s leading fresh app, Hotels by Orbitz, which leverages the popular travel service to help you find hotel accommodations. If you happen to be planning a trip overseas, then our next app, TripLingo Romance Edition, which can teach you flirty phrases in 10 languages, might come in handy as well. In games, The Hacker will give you something of the experience of hacking into a 1980s-style computer, while Dream Pethouse brings you a casual game experience where you?ll raise pets and build them a giant tree house.
Anonymous publishes email exchange with Symantec over $50K payoff
(Digit...
6 Feb 2012 at 10:38pm
Digital Trends - Released in a Pastebin dump earlier today, members of Anonymous published a long series of emails between Anonymous member “Yamatough” and a representative of Symantec going by the name of Sam Thomas. While there’s no Sam Thomas listed on LinkedIn as working at Symantec, the IP address within the header of the exchange linked to the original “sam_thomas@symantec.com” email account can be traced back to Symantec’s Mountain View, California headquarters. Writing from a Venezuelan email address, Yamatough was eventually offered $50,000 by Thomas to deliver proof of pcAnywhere and Norton Antivirus source code as well as destroy the original code. Thomas also wanted Anonymous to release a statement that the group did not hack Symantec during 2006.
Symantec warns of mutating malware in Android Market
(Appolicious)
6 Feb 2012 at 11:11am
Appolicious - The world of mobile device malware is getting a little more dangerous with the announcement from tech security company Symantec that it has discovered malware programs that mutate every time they?re downloaded.
Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats?
(AP)
6 Feb 2012 at 8:44am
AP - A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teeth.
Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
(AP)
3 Feb 2012 at 2:04pm
AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.
Android OS rules in U.S., gets a Bouncer to keep malware out the Market
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3 Feb 2012 at 7:17am
Appolicious - The Android platform expanded its dominance in the U.S. smartphone market during Q4 of 2011, according to the latest ComScore report. Apple may have boosted its share of the mobile handset market with the release of the iPhone 4S, but Android?s still the clear winner in terms of OS use, powering 47.3 percent of surveyed subscribers. That?s up from 44.8 percent last year, growing by slightly more percentage points than Apple?s increase to 29.6 percent from 27.4 percent.
Google tightens security in Android app store
(Reuters)
2 Feb 2012 at 4:50pm
Reuters - Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware's growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software.
Exclusive: Hacked companies still not telling investors
(Reuters)
2 Feb 2012 at 2:46pm
Reuters - At least a half-dozen major U.S. companies whose computers have been infiltrated by cyber criminals or international spies have not admitted to the incidents despite new guidance from securities regulators urging such disclosures.
Android ?malware? turned out to be benign
(Appolicious)
2 Feb 2012 at 7:15am
Appolicious - Consumers got a lesson in malware safety this week when Symantec and Lookout security companies presented different perspectives on ?Android.Counterclank.? Symantec identified the string of apps as malware, but Lookout insisted the apps weren?t malicious but merely annoying adware Trojans. After several days of debating the semantics of malware, Symantec retracted its original statement, falling in line with Lookout?s assessment after all.
AVG Technologies prices at $16/share: source
(Reuters)
1 Feb 2012 at 4:32pm
Reuters - Anti-virus software maker AVG Technologies NV priced its initial public offering at $16 per share, at the low end of the expected range, according to a market source.
New DMARC email authentication aims to stop phishing
(Digital Trends)
30 Jan 2012 at 2:17pm
Digital Trends - Email spam has been a problem for even longer than commercial activity has been permitted on the Internet, and thanks to botnet operators, scammers, and outright cybercriminals spam has ballooned to account for the vast majority of all email. Although antispam technologies and filters have improved considerable over the years—and there have been some notable victories, like the takedown of the Rustock botnet last year—email operators and end users are always playing catch-up to the spammers, who always seem to find new ways to get a few messages into people’s inboxes.
Sarah Palin email hacker loses appeal
(Reuters)
30 Jan 2012 at 1:48pm
Reuters - A former college student convicted for hacking into Sarah Palin's e-mail account during the 2008 presidential election lost a bid to overturn his felony conviction on Monday.
New Android malware? Or just an ad network?
(Digital Trends)
30 Jan 2012 at 1:10pm
Digital Trends - Security firm Symantec raised eyebrows last week with a security notice about software it has dubbed Android.Counterclank, malware that the company claims can be found in over a dozen apps in the official Android market that have been installed as many as 5 million times. According to Symantec, CounterClank is a “bot-like” threat that, once installed on an Android device, can steal information and pass it along to a malicious host, and the software can respond to remote commands to carry out certain actions on the Android device. Devices with the software running might see a service running under the name “apperhand,” along with a new Search icon on the home screen.
Symantec, Lookout Mobile Security debate latest Android ?malware? attack
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30 Jan 2012 at 7:36am
Appolicious - If you have an Android device, malware threats are nothing new, just something with which you?ve learned to deal. Mobile security companies usually alert the public when any major malware or Trojan threat is discovered in the Android Market, but rarely do they disagree over what?s actually considered malware. This question?s been raised in regards to the latest string of Android Market botnets uncovered by Symantec, in what could be the largest botnet setup in Android?s history with as many as 5 million victims.
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