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This Ransomware Campaign is Being Orchestrated from the Cloud

Amazon’s CloudFront is being used to host Command & Control (C&C) infrastructure for a ransomware campaign that has successfully hit…

55% of IoT Device Passwords are 123456 says Symantec

55% of passwords on Internet of Things devices are 123456, according to a study released by cybersecurity company Symantec. Internet…

Seeking a Data Security Portfolio Provider? Symantec, Google, IBM Come Out on Top in Forrester Report

Google, IBM and Symantec have come out on top in a Forrester Wave report on the best data security portfolio providers. The…

Trend Micro Admits it Was Hacked, Symantec Denies Claims of “Fxmsp” Breach

UPDATED 23:45 GMT with amended comment from Symantec, AdvIntel.  Trend Micro today admitted it had suffered "unauthorised access to a…

DigiCert CEO John Merrill on Symantec, “Hellacious” Projects, Fake News and Quantum Certificates

DigiCert CEO John Merrill was once introduced at a convention as the CEO of the company that saved the internet.…

Cryptomining Attacks Hit 40 percent of Enterprises in 2018 Report Finds

Over 40 percent of organisations were affected by cryptomining attacks in 2018, a marked increase of 20 percent in comparison…

New Formjacking Technique Used to Skim Payment Details Off Websites

Researchers at cybersecurity company Symantec have identified a new formjacking campaign targeting a French ecommerce site that is prominently featured…

Lazarus FastCash Trojan Withdraws Millions from ATM’s Across the World

Symantec researchers have uncovered a new Trojan named FASTcash which is been used by threat actors to make withdrawals from…

Symantec Announces Appthority Acquisition to Boost Mobile Security Portfolio

Symantec has announced the acquisitions of Appthority, to boost its mobile app security portfolio, and Javelin, which specialises in defence…

Let’s Encrypt Celebrates Officially Being Trusted by Certificate Authorities

Let’s Encrypt is now trusted by all major certificates, paving the way forward for more widespread encryption on the Web.…