Symantec News

Researchers at Symantec have found an earlier version of the Stuxnet computer worm that dates back to 2005, not 2009 as previously thought.

The hacker group Anonymous is at it again, this time targeting Paypal and numerous other sites, claiming it to be part of the group's “November 5th protest.”

Guess the original destination of most of the spam emails in your inbox? Russia? Canada? Holland? Nigeria? India? Pakistan? Wrong! It’s none of these.

Over time porn websites gained the notorious reputation for infecting computers with viruses. According to a new report, these are not the most common sites where nasty bugs can infiltrate a computer.

Sydney - Well, things just got a lot dirtier. Security firm Symantec claims an Anonymous Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack was hijacked by a Trojan which stole banking and other personal details from Anonymous supporters. Anonymous denies the claim.

Kids Worldwide Speak Out on CyberSafety -Not All Fun and Games Online. A new report found 6 of 10 kids continue to have negative online experiences from cam exposure, nudity, violence and having strangers befriend them trying to meet them in real life.

Yep, good ‘ol organized crime, the parasite that nobody does anything about, is doing nicely. Symantec has reported that up to 43 million people may have bought fake anti virus programs and in the process handed over their credit card details.

Last year, Chris Hogg and I did a piece on security for the big online social sites. We got some help from Symantec Canada and now the company has come up with some very handy tools and a paper on self-defense on the Web.

Spam was the most prevalent type of email received in June 2009 according to the Symantec June 2009 State of Spam report. Spammers used current events to lure email users in order to spread their message or files that can destroy a computer hard drive.

Symantec is warning Web users not to search for Conficker because there are a number of hoax websites that could infect your computer.The powerful virus it is set to go off on April 1 by generating 50,000 URLSs daily.