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Symantec axing as many as 1,700 jobs, says report

2013-06-14 01:43:53| CNET News.com

The security solutions provider is cutting about 1,000 positions this month, and another 700 in July, according to a report. The company calls those numbers "pure speculation" but doesn't share its own figures. [Read more]

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It's better to call ahead before sending malware, Symantec finds

2013-05-14 13:22:40| InfoWorld: Top News

Hackers are finding it pays to call ahead before sending malware-laden email. Symantec has seen what it describes as a sophisticated social engineering campaign aimed at French-speaking accounting and finance department employees. The victim is called and asked in French if they can process an invoice sent by email.

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Symantec report finds small businesses battered by cyber crime

2013-04-16 13:45:55| InfoWorld: Top News

Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small businesses due to their less sophisticated defenses, according to a new report from Symantec. Companies with 250 employees or less absorbed 18 percent of targeted cyber attacks in 2011, but the figure jumped to 31 percent in 2012, Symantec said in its Internet Security Threat Report 2013, released on Tuesday.

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Symantec finds Linux wiper malware used in S. Korean attacks

2013-03-21 13:54:45| InfoWorld: Top News

Security vendors analyzing the code used in the cyber attacks against South Korea are finding nasty components designed to wreck infected computers. Tucked inside a piece of Windows malware used in the attacks is a component that erases Linux machines, an analysis from Symantec has found. The malware, which it called Jokra, is unusual, Symantec said.

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