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The Digital Backdoor, Info from Symantec
Thursday, 14 March 2013, 12:41 pm | Symantec
Wonder why we hardly hear of bank holdups anymore? With the world of banking moving to the digital world, criminals have realised that the cyber route to a bank heist is just as profitable and more easily executed. Financial institutions – governed ... More >>
Symantec’s Security Solutions Advance Future of Protection
Friday, 15 February 2013, 11:14 am | Symantec
Symantec’s Website Security Solutions Advance the Future of Trust and Protection on the Internet New SSL Algorithms and Web Security Products Prepare Enterprises for the Hyper-Connected Internet and New Encryption Requirements AUCKLAND – 14 ... More >>
Website Security Solutions Advance Trust and Protection
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 5:31 pm | Symantec
Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) unveiled new updates to its Website Security Solutions portfolio with innovative and comprehensive capabilities to meet the increasing security and performance needs for connected businesses. The WSS strategy focuses on protecting ... More >>
Symantec and Microsoft Tackle Click Fraud Botnet
Friday, 8 February 2013, 9:54 am | Symantec
Symantec and Microsoft have joined forces to successfully tackle the Bamital botnet, which helped cyber gangs steal more than US$1.1 million annually. Symantec has been tracking this botnet since late 2009 and recently partnered with Microsoft to identify ... More >>
Ransomware Targets Porn Viewers
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 12:37 pm | Symantec
Ransomware activity has spiked again last week worldwide with the largest cyber gangs targeting pornography viewers. Symantec predicted this year’s upswing and continual growth of the highly profitable malware, which extorts more than US$5 million dollars ... More >>
New Android malware infecting thousands of devices stealing
Wednesday, 23 January 2013, 5:27 pm | Symantec
Spammers behind a new type of Android malware may have already stolen up to 450,000 thousand pieces of personal information from infected devices worldwide in just two weeks. More >>
Symantec’s NetBackup Platform Certified for Integration
Monday, 21 January 2013, 12:05 pm | Symantec
Symantec’s NetBackup Platform Certified by SAP for Integration with SAP HANA®; Provides Big Data Backup and Recovery Functionality More >>
Upsurge in Rogue Clouds and Other Hidden Costs
Thursday, 17 January 2013, 2:09 pm | Symantec
Organisations are widely migrating to the cloud to gain competitive advantages around speed, agility and flexibility according to Symantec Corp’s. (Nasdaq: SYMC) recent Avoiding the Hidden Costs of Cloud 2013 Survey . In fact, more than 90 percent of ... More >>
Symantec System Recovery 2013
Tuesday, 15 January 2013, 1:13 pm | Symantec
Symantec Corp. today announced Symantec System Recovery 2013, providing organisations with comprehensive system protection with full platform support for Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and vSphere 5.1. With the new version, system recovery is even more efficient ... More >>
Michelle Amery Appointed Symantec Country Manager for NZ
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 3:06 pm | Symantec
Michelle Amery has been appointed as the new country manager for the Symantec Enterprise and Consumer business in New Zealand, effective 1 January 2013. Michelle has been the consumer country manager since August 2012 and will take on the expanded role ... More >>
Symantec NZ Introduces Integrated Backup and Deduplication
Thursday, 13 December 2012, 12:07 pm | Symantec
News Release Symantec New Zealand Introduces Integrated Backup and Deduplication Appliances NetBackup 5200 and Backup Exec 3600 Appliances Protect Information Completely Across Virtual and Physical Systems Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced ... More >>
Top 7 SMB Information Protection Predictions for 2013
Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 10:56 am | Symantec
For small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), 2012 will be known as the year hackers identified SMBs as stepping stones into larger, more lucrative targets. We saw the number of targeted attacks aimed at businesses with fewer than 250 employees double, ... More >>
Norton Mobile Security Adds Protection for iOS
Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 11:36 am | Symantec
Norton Mobile Security Adds Protection for iOS, Simplifies User Experience More than one in three mobile device users worldwide has had their device lost or stolen Auckland 21 November 2012 – Today, Norton by Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) released the ... More >>
Symantec Envisions Future Clouds as Safe Clouds
Monday, 19 November 2012, 11:45 am | Symantec
Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced its vision for safe, agile and efficient clouds. In five years, companies will operate in a converged IT world of cloud, virtualisation and mobile computing where clouds are safe. IT organisations will have better visibility, ... More >>
Cybercriminals infecting NZ computers with Ransomware
Friday, 9 November 2012, 1:07 pm | Symantec
Cybercriminals are exploiting New Zealanders with Ransomware. And new research from Symantec sheds light on this rapidly growing class of cyber attack. Symantec’s conservative estimate is that cybercriminals are globally raking in over US$5 million ... More >>
New Symantec.cloud Regional Sales Director
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 10:25 am | Symantec
Symantec today announced the appointment of Tim Bentley as the new regional sales director for the Symantec.cloud business in the Pacific region. Based in Sydney, Bentley will be responsible for expanding the company’s market presence and accelerating ... More >>
Symantec Security Response: Sandy Storms inboxes
Friday, 2 November 2012, 12:59 pm | Symantec
Hurricane Sandy, one of the most devastating Superstorms in decades to affect the US, has now added spam to its list of misery. Symantec Security Response has observed spam messages related to the hurricane, with a typical spam attack that tugs at the ... More >>
Android Application on Solar Charging Steals Information
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 12:57 pm | Symantec
Most smartphone users know that battery life is a perennial problem. The high processing power of embedded CPUs and large, bright LCD screens, coupled with frequent usage, means a lot of juice is required to keep the show going throughout the day. This ... More >>
Symantec’s 2012 State of the Data Center Survey
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 9:29 am | Symantec
Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that 70 percent of organisations report increasing complexity in the data center, according to the results of its 2012 State of the Data Center Survey . The survey, which provides insight into the top challenges ... More >>
Symantec Helps Businesses Accelerate Mobile Adoption
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 12:29 pm | Symantec
Symantec Helps Businesses Accelerate Mobile Adoption by Enabling Developers to Build Trusted Enterprise Ready Apps AUCKLAND via SAN DIEGO, California – MobileCON 2012 – 10 October 2012 – Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced new offerings ... More >>
