Symantec experts have found 469 new vulnerabilities, which is 13 % higher than in August 2012. Symantec has introduced a virus activity report for August 2013. Experts analyzed the level of spam, the most common scams on social networks, the number of malicious programs for mobile devices, and phishing attacks. The authors of the study […]
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Symantec: Virus activity for August 2013
Posted: September 19, 2013 in IT Security NewsTags: Symantec, Virus activity
Symantec updates Norton family products
Posted: September 6, 2013 in Antivirus and Security SoftwareTags: Norton, SONAR technology, Symantec
At the time of release Windows 8.1, Symantec has announced a new version of Norton 360, Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus. In addition to compatibility with the new operating system Windows 8.1 products have been fundamental changes in the system of protection, performance, and usability. Gerry Egan, director of product management at Symantec, said: […]
Symantec updates Norton 2013 product line
Posted: June 19, 2013 in Antivirus and Security SoftwareTags: Antivirus 2013, Internet Security 2013, Norton 2013, Norton 360, Symantec
American developer Symantec has announced the update of its line of products to protect your PC on a Windows platform to version 20.4. Solutions Norton Antivirus 2013 v20.4, Norton Internet Security 2013 v20.4 and Norton 360 2013 v20.4 can boast mainly fixes a variety of “bugs” and some user interface enhancements. Perhaps the most noticeable […]
Microsoft and Symantec have closed a large botnet Bamital
Posted: February 7, 2013 in IT Security NewsTags: Bamital, Botnet
A joint operation between Microsoft and Symantec completed the discovery and the closure of a major botnet (a network of infected computers that perform malicious commands) called Bamital. Hundreds of thousands of machines involved in the botnet, brought a group of operators of 18 people an income of more than $ 1 million in a […]
Symantec warned of new Extortion Trojan
Posted: December 27, 2012 in IT Security News, Security NoticesTags: Anti-virus company, Extortion Trojan, malicious programs, Symantec, Trojan.Ransomlock.G
Anti-virus company Symantec warned about finding a new wave of programs for extortion, blackmail people and trying to extort money from them. According to Symantec, the program blackmailer require a user to transfer money, otherwise threatened by removing all data from your computer. In Symantec says the threat of the program are in fact fictitious […]
Symantec released the first antivirus to work with VMware vShield security
Posted: December 4, 2012 in Antivirus and Security Software, IT Security NewsTags: Symantec, Symantec Endpoint Protection, VMware vShield security
Symantec has released a new version of its enterprise antivirus Endpoint Protection 12.1.2, designed to work with virtualized environments VMware, as well as with Windows 8 and Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Product release with support for vShield, used to protect virtual machines running hypervisors VMware, was a necessary step after the company released […]
System compromise in Symantec Products
Posted: November 27, 2012 in VulnerabilitiesTags: execute arbitrary code, Symantec products, system compromise
Vulnerability: Compromise of Symantec Products Danger: High Patch: Yes Number of vulnerabilities: 1 Vector of operation: Remote Impact: System Compromise Affected Products: Symantec Data Loss Prevention Endpoint Agents 11.x, Mail Security for Domino 8.x, Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange 6.x, Messaging Gateway 9.x, Data Loss Prevention Enforce / Detection Servers for Windows 11.x, Data Loss […]
Symantec Control Compliance Suite 11 – unified control of all IT-enterprise risks
Posted: November 19, 2012 in Antivirus and Security SoftwareTags: CCS packag, Control Compliance Suite, IT-infrastructure, Risk Manager module, Symantec, Symantec CCS, Symantec products
Symantec has released a new version of its solution class GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) under the name Symantec CCS (Control Compliance Suite) 11. The objective of this solution is the implementation of today’s complex requirements for manageability, risk and compliance. This modular system allows you to solve a number of problems, which have previously […]
Symantec Protection Center
Posted: November 13, 2012 in Antivirus and Security SoftwareTags: Symantec, Symantec Protection Center
Next Generation of Symantec’s Security Management solution. Symantec Protection Center – is a console for centralized security management. Combining analytical tools Security and automation, it allows the timely and targeted actions to address incidents and proactively protect key systems and information resources. Symantec Protection Center: Effective protection against today’s blended threats requires a coordinated control […]
Symantec Announces New Norton products for the operating system Windows 8
Posted: October 29, 2012 in IT Security NewsTags: Applications Norton Studio, Norton 360, Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security, Norton Satellite
Symantec has announced a new version of Norton 360, Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus, passed certification for compatibility with the new operating system Windows 8. Norton AntiVirus application provides basic protection against viruses and malware. Users who have the need for better tools, look at the package Norton 360 and Norton Internet Security, which […]