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The cyber attack that recently hammered Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea underlines the massive threat still posed by hackers and viruses, even in an era of sophisticated computer security.

A report from security firm Symantec Corp. said the botnet that perpetrated the recent distributed denial of service attack attacks on several key U.S. and South Korean government, financial and media Web sites used around 50,000 zombie computers.

Symantec Corp. said Thursday it was awarded a combined total of $18.6 million in damages over two anti-piracy cases.

Symantec Corp. today laid out its data deduplication strategy, disclosing plans to integrate its PureDisk data deduplication software into its Veritas NetBackup and Backup Exec backup products and add client-side data reduction to PureDisk's capabilities.

An analyst upgraded shares of security-software maker Symantec Corp. on Monday, saying the stock is poised to gain amid signs the company has improved its product portfolio.

As criminals innovate to attack PCs, the security company promised to continue to fight them.

Delivering on its data deduplication strategy, Symantec Corp. today announced new releases to its NetBackup Platform to help organizations improve operational and storage efficiencies across physical and virtual environments.

Twitter Stolen FTP logins show a oesoft sidea of data security lacking By: Kathleen Lau - Computer World Canada A A recent report by U.K.-based security vendor Prevx that 88,000 FTP credentials, including those of Symantec and McAfee, were stolen by a Trojan, show that the security of enterprisesa FTP servers are often overlooked The recent ...

Symantec Corp. , makers of Norton security software, today unveiled its Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 betas, which feature new reputation-based security technologies that tackle undiscovered malware and today's toughest threats head-on. The upcoming versions of Norton products mark a significant shift in the way the global ...

Sun Microsystems Inc will distribute an Internet-based PC backup service from tiny industry pioneer Carbonite, which competes with tech industry giants EMC Corp and Symantec Corp.

Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 12:23 pm Press Release: Symantec News Release Symantec Declares Deduplication Everywhere Symantec helps organisations "put data storage on a diet" with three-step storage reduction program Symantec Corp.

Symantec Corp. today announced that it plans to integrate its PureDisk deduplication technology in both its enterprise class and small business-class backup products, enabling the deduplication process to be managed through the same user interface.

Deutsche Bank upgraded Symantec Corp. to buy from hold, citing valuation and early signs of improvement from the software company.

Symantec Corp. unveiled Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 betas, which feature new reputation-based security technologies that tackle undiscovered malware and other threats.

Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 12:07 pm Press Release: Symantec News Release Symantec Offers Survive and Thrive Business Management Series for Partners in New Zealand Programs and Tools to Help Channel Partners Succeed and Become Stronger Symantec Corp.

Security Researchers detected a new drive-by exploit in the wild actively targeting a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow video streaming software.

The two leading makers of computer security software, Symantec and McAfee, are like preachers who conduct dueling tent revivals.

So far so good, as we start the third quarter. Let's see where the action is for traders.

Twitter Symantec releases worldwide disaster recovery statistics By: Jennifer Kavur - Computer World Canada A More executives are involved in DR plans, virtualization still poses big challenges, and testing has a significant effect on customers and revenue, the survey says Symantec Corp.

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