Adam O'Donnell writes that the Symantec report that the underground ecomony is valued at $275 million is good reason to justify your security budget. read more » DiscussBury
While much of the economy is in trouble it seems cybercrime is thriving. According to Symantec more than $276 million worth of cybercrime goods and services were advertised online between July 1, 20 read more » DiscussBury
Larry Dignan writes on Symantec's recent earnings and their outlook for the future. CEO John Thompson stated "customers are taking longer to decide on deals and consumer spending may be weak." read more » DiscussBury
Alice LaPlante writes about internet hoaxes. They can potentially be really harmful, from instilling fear in people to providing a gold mine of email addresses for spammers. Sometimes a warning email read more » DiscussBury
"Security company Symantec has released a tool that helps to make Vista's UAC (User Account Control) feature clearer and less of a pain to use." read more » DiscussBury
Nathan McFeters writes, "Symantec has reported that the Neosploit toolkit has been updated to include attack vectors for the recent Microsoft Access ActiveX vulnerability. Neosploit is a toolkit for sale on the market..." read more » DiscussBury
Symantec warned of an attack Tuesday, the second Microsoft attack this week. This attack involves a Trojan horse program, called Backdoor.Darkmoon. It logs the user's keystrokes in order to steal passwords. read more » DiscussBury
