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• Security breach

  By Matt Rodgers | 22 September, 2011 09:00

  No company wants to be associated with a data breach, but if your systems are compromised the fallout can sometimes be more damaging than the act itself.

• PDF files most trusted...and most targeted

  By Tony Bradley | 09 March, 2011 06:06

  PDF files are one of the most common, and most trusted document formats out there. However, that trust, combined with the cross-platform use of PDFs makes the Adobe file format one of the most targeted and exploited by malicious attacks as well.

• Free vs. fee: Free, paid antivirus programs

  By Nick Mediati | 30 November, 2010 13:45

  Depending on whom you ask, paying for antivirus software is either a good investment or a total ripoff. In reality, neither viewpoint is accurate. You can find plenty of good reasons to choose a paid antivirus product, and plenty of good reasons to go with a freebie.

• Internet Security Trends 2009: An Interim Update

  By Zulfikar Ramzan | 03 September, 2009 04:38

  The effects of cybercrime are far reaching. It would be a difficult task to find someone who has never been affected by malicious Internet activity, or who does not at the very least know someone who has been negatively impacted by cybercriminals.

• DR a growing concern for A/NZ CIOs: Symantec

  By Tim Lohman | 02 July, 2009 09:16

  CIOs in Australia and New Zealand are increasingly getting involved in the disaster recovery planning of their organisations, according to a new survey from Symantec.

• Wall Street Beat: IT sales down but analysts hike estimates

  By Marc Ferranti | 08 May, 2009 10:08

  IT and communications bellwethers Sprint, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco and Symantec this week reported sagging quarterly sales, but analysts, impressed by cost controls and hopeful that a bottom to the tech market has been reached, raised estimates on share price valuations and earnings of some vendors.

• Three Ways Internet Crime Has Changed

  By Joan Goodchild | 06 November, 2008 10:17

  Malware and botnets and phishing, oh my! Symantec's latest report on the Internet threat landscape highlights trends in cybercrime.

• Inside Symantec's Security Operations Center

  By Joan Goodchild | 16 October, 2008 08:38

  The inside of the Symantec Security Operations Center looks like a scene out of the movie "War Games," and in many ways, the connection is fitting. The SOC, as it is known by Symantec employees, is in the business of detecting and analyzing network threats. And as malicious activity online gets increasingly more sophisticated, the war against cybercrime is definitely on.