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Symantec Discards Code Stolen by Anonymous as Harmless
When Symantec tried to play the hacker Yama Tough, who claims to have the code, he got impatient and released the code online on 6 February. After analyzing the leaked code, Symantec has declared that it is a five-year-old code, and its patches are enough to keep users safe. Read More »
Kelihos Botnet Resurfaces With New Security Measures
Not only has Kelihos started showing back on the radar, it is using new encryption techniques to hide its communications. A researcher at Kaspersky has also noted that two different RSA keys are being used; indicating that there might be two different groups controlling Kelihos. Read More »
Antivirus for Your Smart Phone
Mobile phones are easy to use and can lull their users into a complacent and even ignorant attitude about their phone's security and safety. Here are some recommendations. Read More »
Slew of Websites Black Out to Protest SOPA/PIPA
The scourges that are the United States’ two gagging Acts - the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) – are experiencing grave turmoil as large sections of the widely used Internet are blacking out for one day in protest against their draconian nature. The ongoing protest against the Bills intensified as Wikipedia, a veritable behemoth on the Internet, joined in the protest as we mentioned earlier. Following close on its heels is the giant community link aggregation website Reddit as well as the website of indie game maker Mojang, the creators of Minecraft. Many other gaming company heads joined together to stand against the draconian law’s enactment. Read More »
Symantec admits a 2006 Network Breach led to Source Code Leak
Symantec has now retracted its previous statement that the security breach which led to the leak of source codes of their older security products happened at a third part server, reports Reuters. Read More »