Symantec shares up as 2Q results beat Street view

Shares of Symantec Corp. soared Thursday after the antivirus software maker reported second-quarter earnings that exceeded investors' expectations amid signs that stabilization in its business has begun to take hold.

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Symantec approves $1B share buyback plan

Symantec Corp. said Wednesday that its board authorized a $1 billion share buyback plan.

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Ask.com turns to Symantec to secure more traffic

Ask.com is counting on people's fear of online mischief to bring more traffic to its Internet search engine.

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Security Co. Accuses Microsoft of Abuse

Security vendor Symantec Corp. accused Microsoft on Wednesday of abusing its monopoly in deciding which security products can run on its upcoming operating system.

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Symantec Files Lawsuit Against Microsoft

Security software maker Symantec Corp. accused Microsoft Corp. in a federal lawsuit Thursday of misappropriating its intellectual property and breach of contract.

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Spam accounted for 87 percent of all email messages in 2009, says Symantec.

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The anti-virus and all-round internet prophylactic company Symantec has just released its latest chart of the 100 most dangerous sites on the internet, sites so infected with viruses, Trojans and just plain badness that even dipping a metaphorical toe in one might mean you never  …

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Cyberattacks that have crippled the Web sites of several major American and South Korean government agencies since the July 4th holiday weekend appear to have been launched by a hostile group or government, South Korea's main government spy agency said on Wednesday.

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A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m homes. More Articles

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Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. More Articles

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Security researchers said they have discovered software capable of stealing information installed on computers in 103 countries, an apparently coordinated cyber-attack that targeted the office of the Dalai Lama and government agencies around the world. More Articles

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Something strange is going on across the Internet. Some Norton AntiVirus users are receiving pop-up messages ALERTing them about an application called PIFTS.exe that is trying to connect to a server.

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According to proponents of the Mac Malware Myth, Mac users should be afraid of a series of reports about a "rising tide" of malicious software and in panicked response, install anti-virus software from the vendors who propagate those dire warnings.

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When the concepts of "antivirus" and "Mac OS X" approach each other in the blogosphere, the usual outcome is more heat than light.

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In the spirit of entrepreneurship, spammers are finding new ways to send out their junk mail just weeks after the shutdown of a major web-hosting firm took many of them off the map.

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Did you know that you can buy a keystroke logger for $23 or pay $10 to have someone host your phishing scam? Having a botnet at your fingertips will cost you $225, and a tool that exploits a vulnerability on a banking site averages $740 and runs as high as $3,000.

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Hi-tech thieves who specialise in card fraud have a credit line in excess of $5bn (£3.35bn), research suggests. Symantec calculated the figure to quantify the scale of fraud it found during a year-long look at the internet's underground economy.

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SECURITY and storage software supplier Symantec has made a play for smaller rival MessageLabs for around $US695 million ($1 billion) in cash.

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SYMANTEC has bolstered its consumer product portfolio with the acquisition of Australian security software developer PC Tools. The value of the deal wasn't disclosed. It is expected to be finalised by the end of the year.

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Nearly three weeks after security vendor Symantec Corp. released a free tool to clean up PCs crippled by the Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) update, Microsoft Corp. issued a fix that should reestablish lost Internet and wireless connections.

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SYMANTEC chief executive John Thompson has warned the Government against trying to regulate the internet by filtering content at internet service provider level.

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Fierce competition among identity thieves has driven the prices for stolen data down to bargain-basement levels, which has forced crooks to adopt mainstream business tactics to lure customers, according to a new report on Internet security threats. credit card theft

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I'm fascinated by the new public ratings website, www.plebble.com, which enables the public to rate businesses for their service and value for money.

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Symantec says the number one risk for 2008 will be data breaches. Spam had reached only number 3 on the list.

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Symantec recently released a report that estimates that over 70 percent of emails received in most people's inboxes is spam. The report also discusses the recent trends toward MP3 and Google search spam, the Ron Paul spam scandal, and the continuing fall of image spam.

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THERE was a huge increase in e-mail spam last month, and the recent problems in the credit markets are partly to blame, says the computer security firm Symantec.

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The volume of malware attacks has increased 185 percent in recent months, and antivirus research labs are struggling to keep up.

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AUSTRALIANS are being warned to watch out for identity theft and computer viruses, as hackers become more sophisticated in their attacks.

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Internet crime is becoming a major commercial activity, according to a report by the security firm, Symantec. Its report into threats to internet security describes underworld auction sites where bank details and credit cards are on sale.

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