Symantec

Ordinary web access request or command to malware?

Cranefly group unleashes nasty little technique using Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) logs

Research31 Oct 2022 | 4

Could you not? BlackByte ransomware slinger twists the knife with data stealer

Your IT storage may go from terabytes to Exbytes

Cyber-crime24 Oct 2022 | 3

Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo

Now that's sticker shock

Research02 Oct 2022 | 27

Noberus ransomware gets info-stealing upgrades, targets Veeam backup software

'One of the most dangerous and active malware developers operating at the moment'

Cyber-crime25 Sep 2022 | 6

Here's how 5 mobile banking apps put 300,000 users' digital fingerprints at risk

Spoiler: They used hard-coded AWS credentials

Security01 Sep 2022 | 52

Symantec: More malware operators moving in to exploit Follina

Meanwhile Microsoft still hasn't patched the fatal flaw

Security09 Jun 2022 | 11

VMware customers fear Broadcom acquisition will stall innovation, increase cost

Gartner advises renegotiating subscriptions now to avoid ‘dramatic’ and ‘extraordinary’ price rises

Virtualization09 Jun 2022 | 21

Clipminer rakes in $1.7m in crypto hijacking scam

Crooks divert transactions to own wallets while running mining on the side

Research03 Jun 2022 | 2

Russian-linked Shuckworm crew ramps up Ukraine attacks

Cyber-espionage gang using multiple variants of its custom backdoor to ensure persistence, Symantec warns

Security20 Apr 2022 | 4

Kaspersky cracks Yanluowang ransomware, offers free decryptor

Step one, get some scrambled files back. Steps two through 37...

Security19 Apr 2022 | 27

North Korea's Lazarus cyber-gang caught 'spying' on chemical sector companies

Crypto-coin theft isn't enough to keep these miscreants busy

Cyber-crime15 Apr 2022 | 2

How do China's cyber-spies snoop on governments, NGOs? Probably like this

Cicada's months-long global espionage campaign marks an expansion of team's capabilities

Security07 Apr 2022 | 8

Mutating Verblecon malware in illicit cryptomining ... so far

Symantec team warns ransomware and spying could be next

Security29 Mar 2022 |

China-linked malware targeted secure networks in 'multiple governments'

'Daxin' malware creates backdoors and may have been used since 2013

Security01 Mar 2022 | 3

NortonLifeLock sniffs around Avast, announces 'advanced discussions' for acquisition

Company now has 28 days to make up its mind

Security15 Jul 2021 | 12

California emits latest layoff statistics. March's numbers are ugly. It's 19,000 total, including many in tech

Symantec, Cisco, Uber, loathsome Juul, others shed staff amid pandemic

On-Prem27 Mar 2020 | 8

If there's something strange in Symantec's neighborhood, who you gonna call? Not Broadcom, it seems: Systems go down, cut off customers

And now back on their feet after global two-hour wobble

Security25 Mar 2020 | 7

Spyware maker NSO runs scared from Facebook over WhatsApp hacking charges, fails to show up in court

Roundup Meanwhile, Broadcom and Symantec have merger woes

Security09 Mar 2020 | 10

Accenture pays for CSS injection from Symantec parent Broadcom: Yep, it bought its cybersecurity services arm

Price tag undisclosed but we're guessing it won't have made seller rich

Security07 Jan 2020 | 3

Security giants line up behind push to stop stalkerware being used on smartphones

Coalition aims to help users spot and remove covert trackers

Software20 Nov 2019 | 14

Pemex hit by ransomware, US Postal Service gets a copycat and new WhatsApp bugs

Plus, 1Password gets a boatload of cash

Security18 Nov 2019 | 1

Ye olde Blue Screen of Death is back – this time, a bad Symantec update is to blame

Updated The wrong kind of intrusion protection

Security15 Oct 2019 | 40

IT now stands for Intermediate Targets: Tech providers pwned by snoops eyeing up customers – report

Symantec says Tortoiseshell crew ransacked suppliers

Security19 Sep 2019 | 1

Symantec shares up as private equity suitors sniff consumer tentacle

$16bn slapped on table by Permira and Advent – reports

Security09 Sep 2019 | 5

When the chips are down, buy a software biz: Broadcom snaffles Symantec for $10.7bn

Legacy security outfit to vanish into the 'rightsizing' grinder

On-Prem09 Aug 2019 | 25

Symantec share price nose dives after rumored Broadcom biz gobble taken off the menu

Looks like the ailing security shop priced itself out of an acquisition by chip giant

Security15 Jul 2019 | 9

Can't get infected via email if your messages aren't delivered: Seven-hour slowdown hits Symantec cloud filters

Wondering why your inbox was so clear? Bad news…

Security10 Jun 2019 | 15

Symantec boss Greg Clark exits biz amid dismal financials

Troubled security house keeps up trend of sudden resignations

Security10 May 2019 | 15

Symantec comes out in swinging in bitter legal battle over security bug audit conspiracy claims

Profit driving NSS claims of industry boycott, antivirus makers swear

Security29 Nov 2018 | 6

Symantec execs cooked the books to protect their fat bonuses, investor lawsuit alleges

Security biz hit with class-action fraud sueball after probe smashes stock price

Security19 Nov 2018 | 22

Guess who's back, back again? China's back, hacking your friends: Beijing targets American biz amid tech tariff tiff

Everything little thing Xi does is magic, everything Xi do just turns me intrusion alarms on

Security09 Nov 2018 | 16

Mozilla grants distrusted Symantec certs a stay of execution, claims many sites yet to make switch

Delay 'in the overall best interest' of Firefox users

Security11 Oct 2018 | 27

Who needs custom malware? 'Govt-backed' Gallmaker spy crew uses off-the-shelf wares

Likely state hackers make do with 'living off the land' and going after tardy Office patchers

Security10 Oct 2018 | 6

It's a cert: Hundreds of big sites still unprepared for starring role in that Chrome 70's show

Bloody SSL...it's the final countdown

Security09 Oct 2018 | 25

Shiver me timbers: Symantec spots activist investor Starboard side

Time for cyber-security firm to pull up the baggywrinkle?

Security17 Aug 2018 | 9

Profit-strapped Symantec pulls employee share scheme

Cunning plan to push top staff out? Firm keeps schtum

Security08 Aug 2018 | 32

Symantec culling 8% of workforce to soak up slow enterprise sales

Hundreds of jobs to go

On-Prem03 Aug 2018 | 9

Rowhammer strikes networks, Bolton strikes security jobs, and Nigel Thornberry strikes Chrome, and more

Roundup Hacking laws in the limelight in Georgia and DC, plus new iPhone anti-tampering

Security12 May 2018 | 15

Symantec shares slump after revealing internal investigation

It's not a security problem, but full-year results will likely be late

On-Prem11 May 2018 | 8

Medic! Orangeworm malware targets hospitals worldwide

Hacking campaign goes after care providers and equipment

Security24 Apr 2018 | 29

And so it begins: Veritas lays off UK workers, R&D bods hit hardest

At least 100 out at cloud data wrangling biz, sources claim

Storage20 Apr 2018 | 16

How's your Wednesday? Things going well? OK, your iPhone, iPad can be pwned via Wi-Fi sync

RSA 2018 Don't panic… until you finish reading

Security18 Apr 2018 | 13

Chrome 66: Get into the bin, auto-playing vids and Symantec certs!

Lucky 66 lands, complete with Spectre mitigations

Software18 Apr 2018 | 44

Hooo boy, Commvault, your activist investor is not a happy chappy

Updated Data protection biz hammered for lacklustre performance

On-Prem03 Apr 2018 | 11

Symantec cert holdout sites told: Those Google Chrome warnings are not a good look

Users will stop trusting you, warns researcher

Security21 Mar 2018 | 25

Suspicious cert-sellers give badware a good name for just a few thousand bucks

Researchers unmask trade in code-signing certs

Security12 Mar 2018 | 13

23,000 HTTPS certs will be axed in next 24 hours after private keys leak

Trustico, DigiCert come to blows as browsers prepare to snub Symantec-brand SSL

Security01 Mar 2018 | 61

Symantec ends cheap Norton offer to NRA members

NRA calls it 'a shameful display of political and civic cowardice' and some users agree

On-Prem25 Feb 2018 | 198

Veritas insiders: Job cuts? There will be blood

Drafts in corp restructuring biz Alix Partners to cut costs, improve margins

Storage23 Feb 2018 | 18

Beware the looming Google Chrome HTTPS certificate apocalypse!

Well, melee. Dust-up? Minor inconvenience? But it's coming!!

Security07 Feb 2018 | 89

Veritas veteran becomes new big cheese at Symantec spin-off

The future is cloudy...

Storage09 Jan 2018 | 5

Symantec's guzzled the Azure Kool-Aid, tells all its customers: Drink up!

Analysis Throw your storage vanities on the bonfire

SaaS17 Oct 2017 | 12

Google to kill Symantec certs in Chrome 66, due in early 2018

This is how trust ends, not with a bang but with a whimper

Security12 Sep 2017 | 23

Symantec offloads its certs and web security biz to DigiCert

Reports solid Q1 and makes spats with Google and Mozilla someone else's problem

On-Prem03 Aug 2017 | 4

Wedded bliss... ball and chain – how's that Dell EMC honeymoon going?

Analysis Well, the divorce lawyers haven't been called yet

Storage11 May 2017 | 4

Mozilla takes a turn slapping Symantec's certification SNAFU

Take Google's advice and get out of CA infrastructure'

Security03 May 2017 | 3