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Symantec to acquire MessageLabs for $695 million
With its acquisition of MessageLabs, a British online messaging and web security services provider, Symantec hopes to expand its software-as-a-service offerings.
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Symantec buys encryption firms PGP, GuardianEdge
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Symantec on Thursday announced the acquisition of encryption firms PGP and GuardianEdge Technologies for $370 million total.
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Trustwave, Symantec make acquisitions
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Compliance management vendor Trustwave announced on Tuesday the acquisition of data encryption vendor BitArmor. Trustwave plans to integrate BitArmor's file- and full-disk encryption technology into its current data leakage prevention and endpoint security solution to help clients comply with regulations that are increasing the demand for encryption. Meanwhile, Symantec on Tuesday announced plans to buy Gideon Technologies, provider of IT risk automation, to better serve public-sector customers. Terms of both deals were not disclosed. — AM
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Spam trends highlighting holiday, tragedy themes
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Spammers have been busy with holidays and tragedies to exploit, according to a Symantec report.
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Huge uptick in spam-borne malware since mid-September
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The amount of the amount of spam containing malware increased ninefold during September over the previous month, according to Symantec.
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44 million stolen gaming credentials discovered
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Symantec researchers have discovered a database server hosting the stolen credentials of 44 million accounts belonging to at least 18 gaming websites.
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Latest Mac OS X update locks out some PGP users
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A massive security update from Apple this week fixed more than 130 security flaws in its Mac OS X operating system, but it left some PGP users unable to reboot their computers.
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Symantec CEO appointed to president’s board
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Symantec CEO Enrique Salem has been named to President Obama's Management Advisory Board, a panel created last year to provide advice on how to implement best practices related to management and operation issues within the government, the White House announced Thursday. Nine other business executives were appointed to the board, including Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, and Greg Brown, CEO of Motorola Solutions. The group was scheduled to hold its first meeting on Friday. - AM
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Symantec warns of new Microsoft exploit
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Symantec warned this weekend of a new worm taking advantage of a Microsoft bug, prompting the security company to raise its ThreatCon level.
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Amount of spam with shortened links nearly doubles
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Spammers are increasingly abusing free online link shortening services, resulting in a significant increase in the amount of spam containing shortened links over the past year, according to a Symantec report, released Thursday.
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