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Symantec: Over 200 Google Play apps integrated with one-click billing fraud

Brian Sin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:24:42 +0000

The Google Play store is no stranger to malware-infested apps or scam related apps, so we can add this one onto its list. According to its research, Symantec states that there are over 200 apps in the Google Play store that scam people into paying money in order to view adult-rated videos. They have discovered

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Stuxnet virus existed 2 years prior to attacks

Brian Sin — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:54:01 +0000

Researchers from Symantec have uncovered more information about Stuxnet, the virus that was used to damage Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities back in 2007. The Stuxnet virus was speculated to be created solely to damage the nuclear plants in Iran. In an 18-page report by Symantec, it turns out that the existence of Stuxnet dates

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Bamital Botnet destroyed: Microsoft, Symantec victorious

Chris Burns — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:51:25 +0000

This week the Botnet known as Bamital has been reported dead by the two warriors that claim to have killed it: Symantec and Microsoft. This report shows that the death of said botnet will take down its abilities in full: hijacking search results galore being the main evil this Bamital creature was working with. Each

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Anonymous celebrates Guy Fawkes Day with reported PayPal hack [UPDATE]

Eric Abent — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:24:42 +0000

In case you don’t remember, today is Guy Fawkes Day. Anonymous is trying to make sure that you remember the fifth of November, taking to Twitter today to announce that it has hacked PayPal and made off with nearly 28,000 passwords. According to The Next Web, Anonymous posted these passwords (along with usernames and telephone

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Symantec antivirus update causes Windows XP machines to crash

Elise Moreau — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:18:09 +0000

Customers were not happy after security firm Symantec made a recent update to its antivirus software, causing some Windows-based PCs to crash repeatedly, showing a dreadful “blue screen of death” in many cases. The company released a statement on its website saying it received a number of reports with machines running Windows XP that were

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Symantec reports cyber attacks rose 81% in 2011

Rue Liu — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:53:52 +0000

Anti-virus firm Symantec has just issued its annual Security Threat Report for 2011, revealing an 81 percent increase in the number of malicious attacks last year and a 20 percent drop in the number of vulnerabilities. The company also noted that the cyber attacks that primarily targeted larger organizations had shifted their focus to small

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Symantec says about 140k Macs still infected with Flashback

Shane McGlaun — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:21:20 +0000

The cleanup of the latest Mac malware dubbed Flashback has been underway for a few weeks now. Originally, the malware was estimated to be infecting 600,000 Mac computers. The cleanup is going well, but still has a ways to go according to Symantec. There have been numerous malware removal tools launched for removing Flashback. One

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Symantec reports Anonymous hack tool to be malware in itself

Chris Burns — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:50:06 +0000

This week a couple of names in information security and the hacking of said information have popped up in relation to one another once again, Symantec accusing certain downloads of Anonymous web tools of containing malware in and of themselves. It is with the tools in question that the utterly massive hacker collective known as

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Symantec pcAnywhere hack exposes 200,000 PCs: analyst

Mark Raby — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:48:17 +0000

Even though software company Symantec released a patch for its pcAnywhere program after it was infiltrated by hackers, as many as 200,000 computers are still running the infected version, including thousands that may have access to credit card and other sensitive data. These numbers are according to Rapid7, which surveyed the Net for computers that

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Symantec pcAnywhere source leaked, Hacker negotiations fail

Chris Burns — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:02:02 +0000

A group of hackers claiming to be affiliated with the group known as Anonymous had until today been negotiating with Symantec for a safe return of stolen property through an online personality named YamaTough. The YamaTough personality spoke on behalf of the Lords of Dharmaraja, a known hacker collective responsible for several thefts and subsequent

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Hackers tried to extort $50,000 from Symantec

Shane McGlaun — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:20:10 +0000

An e-mail exchange been posted to Pastebin that allegedly outlines an attempt by hackers to extort $50,000 out of Symantec. According to the e-mail exchange, a Symantec employee named Sam Thomas was to negotiate payment with hackers who infiltrated Symantec servers and stole the source code to the popular Symantec applications pcAnywhere and Norton antivirus.

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