'Don't use social networking e-mail id for online banking'

Last Updated: Friday, September 14, 2012, 00:28

Security software maker Symantec today advised internet users not to use e-mail ids being used for social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter for carrying out online banking or business transactions in order to prevent stealing of financial data.

60% Indian cos struggling to protect corporate data: Survey

Last Updated: Sunday, August 26, 2012, 11:58

According to the survey by IT security solutions provider Symantec, corporate data in Indian companies is expected to grow 67 percent in the next 12 months.

Flame creators make virus commit ‘suicide’

Last Updated: Saturday, June 9, 2012, 19:58

The creators of the world’s most complicated espionage virus Flame have sent a ‘suicide’ command that removes it from some infected computers.

Sophisticated spyware virus hit Iran and other ME countries

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 14:07

Security experts discovered the new data-stealing virus dubbed Flame which they say has lurked inside thousands of computers across the Middle East for as long as five years as part of a sophisticated cyber warfare campaign.

Porn sites `least dangerous` place on web

Last Updated: Friday, May 25, 2012, 13:23

Pornographic websites are no longer the ‘most dangerous’ places on web for picking up viruses.

Emerging cities, SMBs new targets for cyber crime: Symantec

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 23:11

Emerging cities like Surat, Indore, Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam face increasing risk of online attacks.

`Mobile devices have become critical business tools`

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 20:33

With mobile phones emerging as an important business tool, Indian enterprises are embracing the mobile devices in a big way despite certain risks involved, a survey said here today.

Symantec says pcAnywhere safe, offers free upgrade

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 12:02

Symantec Corp said it is safe to use its pcAnywhere software for accessing remote PCs after it asked customers last week to disable the product because it put them at greater risk of being hacked.

Symantec says hackers stole source code in 2006

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 12:50

Symantec Corp said a 2006 breach led to the theft of the source code to its flagship Norton security software, reversing its previous position that it had not been hacked.

Indian companies not ready for cloud yet: Symantec

Last Updated: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 19:20

Indian organisations are not adequately prepared to adopt cloud computing yet mainly because of lack of skilled IT staff, according to a survey by Symantec, the maker of Norton security products and a cloud services provider.