Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:40:15 +0100 BOSTON (Reuters) - 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. The software maker took the unusual step of urging customers to temporarily stop using the product after an investigation determined that the blueprints, or source code, to pcAnywhere were stolen in 2006. Symantec said on January 25 that the theft put users of all versions of the product at greater risk of losing data to hackers. ... (Source: Reuters)
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:30:16 +0100 Symantec is recommending that users of its pcAnywhere software disable the product following the theft of source code from the US computer security firm. (Source: AFP)
Symantec tells customers to disable pcAnywhere software
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:40:11 +0100 (Reuters) - Symantec Corp took the rare step of advising customers to stop using one of its products, saying its pcAnywhere software for accessing remote PCs is at increased risk of getting hacked after blueprints of that software were stolen. The announcement is the company's most direct acknowledgement to date that a 2006 theft of its source code put customers at risk of attack. Symantec said it was only asking customers to temporarily stop using the product, until it releases an update to the software that will mitigate the risk of an attack. ... (Source: Reuters)
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:30:12 +0100 (Reuters) - A group of Indian hackers has offered support to an American man who filed a lawsuit against Symantec Corp by publishing source code from a 2006 version of Norton Utilities, a software program at the heart of the legal dispute. A spokesman for the group, which is known as "Lords of Dharmaraja," released more than 13,000 files that were part of the product's source code late on Friday. "Pass it on to forensics and win the lawsuit," YamaTough said via Twitter. ... (Source: Reuters)
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:40:11 +0100 HONG KONG/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies, the world's No.2 telecoms equipment maker, plans to buy the remaining 49 percent stake in a joint venture with Symantec Corp that it does not already own for $530 million to bolster its corporate security solutions business. (Source: Reuters)
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