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• 3LM, Symantec and Wyse all aim to simplify management of mobile devices

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 09 May, 2012 02:18

  At three different events in three different U.S. cities 3LM, Symantec and Wyse Technology are all showing upgraded or new products to help IT staff better cope with the smartphones, tablets and other devices users are allowed to bring to work.

• Hackers pick Google pocket with Mac virus

  By AAP | 02 May, 2012 08:32

  A virus infecting Macintosh computers is picking Google's pocket by hijacking advertising "clicks," tallying as much as $US10,000 ($A9,618.62) daily, according to internet security firm Symantec.

• Symantec: Flashback malware netted upwards of $10,000 a day

  By Jeremy Kirk | 01 May, 2012 11:22

  Symantec said on Tuesday the Flashback malware that attacked Apple Mac computers could have netted its authors up to US$10,000 a day.

• Targeted attacks increased, became more diverse in 2011

  By Thor Olavsrud | 01 May, 2012 05:56

  The number of security vulnerabilities declined in 2011 but malicious attacks skyrocketed 81 percent from 2010, according a new Internet Security Threat Report released by Symantec Monday. Advanced targeted attacks, in particular, were on the rise in 2011 and they are spreading to organizations of all sizes.

• Symantec: Small-company security problems can threaten large corporate nets

  By Tim Greene | 01 May, 2012 03:22

  Attackers used smaller businesses with less stringent security as gateways to their ultimate targets -- large corporations or governments that hold valuable secrets, according to a Symantec report on Internet security.

• Symantec: 'VeriSign Trusted' mark out, 'Norton Secured' in

  By Ellen Messmer | 20 April, 2012 14:29

  Symantec is phasing in a new trust mark to ensure Web users that the sites they are visiting are safe. Symantec has been replacing "VeriSign Trusted" with "Norton Secured, powered by VeriSign."

• Flashback Mac botnet shrinks, says Symantec

  By Gregg Keizer | 13 April, 2012 02:53

  The number of Macs infected with the Flashback malware has plummeted in the last few days, antivirus vendor Symantec said today.

• Basic Defenses Absent at Most Breached Sites

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 09 April, 2012 20:04

  Despite rising concerns that cyberattacks are growing more and more sophisticated, hackers used relatively simple methods for 97% of data breaches in 2011, according to a report compiled by Verizon.

• Australian data breaches costs rising: Symantec

  By Hamish Barwick | 30 March, 2012 11:11

  Data breach costs are continuing to have an impact on Australian companies with some organisations reporting a loss of $2.16 million, according to a new study from Symantec and the Ponemon Institute.

• Do-it-yourself plan to take down Sality botnet outlined on public mailing list

  By Lucian Constantin | 30 March, 2012 06:25

  A method that anyone can use to hijack a massive multipurpose botnet called Sality was described in detail on a public mailing list on Tuesday.

• Duqu malware resurfaces after five-month holiday

  By Gregg Keizer | 29 March, 2012 07:23

  Duqu, the malware that has been compared to 2010's notorious Stuxnet, is back, security researchers said today.

• Symantec details mobile device management plans

  By Ellen Messmer | 24 March, 2012 05:22

  Symantec this week put the focus on its mobile security strategy with its announcement that it's acquiring Nukona, the software provider for mobile application management.

• Symantec signs deal with Fujitsu to double Cloud service capacity in Australia

  By Hamish Barwick | 23 March, 2012 11:17

  Symantec has signed a three-year deal with Fujitsu to co-locate its servers in the vendor’s Sydney data centre, thereby doubling capacity of its Cloud services and setting the company up to sign more email archiving customers in Australia.

• Researchers discover new Duqu variant that tries to evade antivirus detection

  By Lucian Constantin | 21 March, 2012 03:31

  Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the Duqu cyberespionage malware that was designed to evade detection by antivirus products and other security tools.

• Cost of data breaches falls for first time in seven years

  By Lucian Constantin | 20 March, 2012 23:27

  The average organizational cost of data breaches has decreased for the first time in seven years, according to a study released by Symantec and the Ponemon Institute on Tuesday.