Symantec Antivirus
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Intel VPro zeroes in on flaws
News The chipmaker is working closely with Symantec to provide a virtualized security product on business computers that focuses heavily on zero-day vulnerabilities.
Tags: PC security, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards
Joint effort needed to plug security shortfall
News Organizations, government and IT security vendors each have a role to play to overcome the shortage of security professionals in Asia, say industry observers.
Tags: Security, India, Training, Information Security, software, job, security technology, China, information technology, talent
Worm launches Microsoft attack
News A program created to automatically overload Microsoft's Web and email servers has been discovered on several corporate networks and may have spread further on the Internet.
Symantec tool streamlines security
News The network-security software maker joins companies such as Nortel and Cisco and releases a package designed to group standalone tools into an integrated system.
MyDoom spawns four small offshoots
News Four minor copies of the program surface, which some security experts believe indicates that a more lethal MyDoom may be on the way.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Symantec incorrectly flags Yahoo Mail as a virus
News Accessing the beta version of Yahoo Mail on a PC with Symantec's updated antivirus software incorrectly sounds alarm bells.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Zombie tool makes use of Windows, antivirus flaws
News Bot software that turns PCs into zombies spreads via holes in Symantec and Microsoft products.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security
UK: Homepage worm spreads quicker than Lovebug
News MessageLabs, a UK company that outsources virus tracking technology to stop the spread of computer viruses and worms, said that since yesterday evening it has seen more than 12,000 copies of the Homepage worm in the UK alone.
Worm sneaks ride with June 1st hoax
News It sounds like the newest twist in a second-rate thriller: Just when you were lulled into thinking it was a harmless prank, the killer virus attacks!
DoS worm invades Microsoft servers
News The self-spreading program--dubbed DoS.Storm--infects computers, then uses them to inundate Microsoft's servers with data and email. It's a crossover between hacking and virus writing--a new trend?
HP to launch 'virus throttling' software
News Upcoming program will slow the spread of network pests, the computer maker promises.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Security applications/tools
SirCam clogs mailboxes, spreads secrets
News The SirCam worm continued to gain momentum Monday, carrying with it the potential not only to slow corporate e-mail servers but also to send along company secrets.
Worms find fertile ground in IM
News Is email old black hat? Virus writers in search of the biggest bang for their bugs are beginning to target instant messenger services. It's only a matter of time before outbreaks plague IM as much as they do email, say some experts.
New viruses wiggle into IM chats
News Having long targeted email with sometimes devastating effects, virus and worm creators are beginning to set their sights on IM services.
"Mawanella" worm sends political message
News Hundreds of companies worldwide have fallen prey to another mass-mailing worm created by the virus toolkit that unleashed the AnnaKournikova worm, antivirus companies said Thursday.
