Riverbed taps Intel Security MD for chief trans-Tasman role
EMC, Symantec, Dell, Intel and now Riverbed for new trans-Trasman chief.
View ArticleHere are 5 reasons Symantec is buying Blue Coat
As cyber threats diversify and expand, anti-virus provider Symantec is doing the same. Late Sunday, the company said it would shell out US$4.65 billion to acquire Web security provider Blue Coat. Here...
View ArticleSurvey shows New Zealand women plagued by online harassment
Symantec has released research indicating that 72 percent of New Zealand women under 30 and 52 percent of all women have experienced some form of online harassment.
View ArticleA new era in cybercrime: From rogue nation states to dronejacking
Symantec's list of security predictions for 2017 and beyond.
View ArticlePetya 'ransomware' ruse for something more sinister, say researchers
As a money-making exercise – the sole motivation behind most ransomware – Petya was a flop.
View ArticleSymantec scraps government code reviews
U.S.-based security firm Symantec is no longer allowing governments to review the source code of its software because of fears the agreements would compromise the security of its products, Symantec...
View Article‘SoC 3.0’: Symantec beefs up Asia-Pacific cyber security with expanded...
Symantec formally launched its next-generation security operations centre (SoC), expanding its decade old security SoC in Chennai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
View ArticleSymantec cuts eight per cent of workforce, 1000 jobs impacted
Symantec will cut eight per cent of its global workforce to boost profit margins, the anti-virus software maker has revealed.
View ArticleGoogle makes good on promise to remove some Symantec PKI certificates
If you get this digital certificate error using Chrome, then Google now considers that website's Symantec PKI certificate untrustworthy.
View ArticleSymantec acquires Luminate
Cyber security firm Symantec Corp said on Tuesday it acquired Israel's Luminate Security in an effort to boost its security systems for cloud computing.
View ArticleAttackers place crypto-jacking apps in Microsoft App Store
Microsoft has removed eight applications from its app store for Windows that were mining Monero crypto-currency without users' knowledge.
View ArticleSymantec's CEO exit seen denting turnaround plan, sends stock tumbling
Symantec faces an uphill battle to turn around its business and win investor confidence, analysts said on Friday, after chief executive officer Greg Clark became the fifth top executive in six months...
View ArticleSymantec ends talks to sell to Broadcom over price: sources
Cybersecurity company Symantec has walked away from negotiations to sell itself to chipmaker Broadcom Inc over price disagreements, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
View ArticleSymantec warns of rise in targeted ransomware attacks
Symantec has warned of significant growth in ransomware attacks, as well as an increase in the number of groups believed to be behind the campaigns.
View ArticleBroadcom to buy Symantec's enterprise unit for US$10.7 billion
Broadcom said the deal is expected to close in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2020 and is subject to regulatory approvals in the United States, European Union and Japan.
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