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Symantec Channel Changes Hands

Symantec Corp.s channel chief, Allyson Seelinger, is stepping down from her post Oct. 14, to be replaced by Julie Parrish, former head of Veritas...

Nematodes: The Making of Beneficial Network Worms

Convinced that businesses will use nonmalicious worms to cut down on network security costs, a high-profile security researcher is pushing ahead with a new...

Kill Pests, Dont Spread Them

The idea of a "good worm" is obviously a tempting one. Youd think that white-hatted researchers would want to be responsible with their clients...

Nokia Taps Symantec for Smart-Phone Security

Security specialist Symantec Corp. Wednesday announced an agreement with the worlds largest cell phone maker, Nokia, to pre-load its Series 60-based smart phones with...

Fake Google Toolbars Go Phishing

An Internet security specialist says a new threat forces computers to install faked Google software, which then goes phishing. Phishing is where e-mails, IM (instant...

Critics Doubt Effectiveness of California Anti-Phishing Law

A law signed late last week by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will likely fail in its goal of deterring online "phishing" attacks that seek...

New Security Threat: Text Messaging

Researchers from the Systems and Internet Infrastructure Security Lab of the Pennsylvania State University made public this week some research they have done about...

Symantec Plugs High Risk AV Engine Flaw

Anti-virus specialist Symantec Corp. has confirmed a high-risk vulnerability in multiple enterprise-facing products and warned that a successful exploit could lead to code execution...

FTC Targets Illegal Spyware Operation

The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday moved to the courts to shut down an operation that secretly installed spyware and adware that could not...

Hack Can Crash Playstation

Can you hack a PSP?It appears so. Secunia has listed a "moderately critical" advisory for Sonys game machine using firmware 2.0. Evidently a "specially...