Blog Posts Tagged with "Cris Paden"
Symantec: Emails Part of Law Enforcement Sting Operation
February 07, 2012 Added by:Anthony M. Freed
"The e-mail string posted by YamaTough was actually between them and... law enforcement. YamaTough actually reached out to us, first, saying that if we provided them with money, they would not post any more source code. At that point... it was a clear cut case of extortion..."
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Symantec: The Inconvenient Truth Behind the Data Breach
January 17, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
Initially, Symantec spokesman Cris Paden said the hackers had stolen only the source code of Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Symantec AntiVirus 10.2, minimizing the seriousness of the breach. The situation has now changed dramatically...
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Symantec Hacked in 2006? Claim Raises More Questions
January 17, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Symantec now claims that the company's own networks were in fact breached back in 2006, leading to the loss of proprietary product data: "...an investigation into the matter had revealed that the company's networks had indeed been compromised"...
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Update: File Appears to Contain 2006 Norton AV Source Code
January 05, 2012 Added by:Anthony M. Freed
Infosec Island has been provided with a file that appears to contain source code for the 2006 version of Norton antivirus. We have provided Symantec with the file and are awaiting their analysis. We will not be releasing the file due to the sensitive nature of the information...
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