items tagged with Symantec
Symantec’s new sales director for ANZ
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology people
Category: Appointments
2009-11-15 02:10:10
Symantec has appointed a new sales director for its hosted services business in Australia and New Zealand. Former Dell national sales director, Keith Buckley, has joined Symantec with overall responsibility for sales and client management in the ANZ market.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology people
Category: Appointments
2009-11-15 02:10:10
Symantec has appointed a new sales director for its hosted services business in Australia and New Zealand. Former Dell national sales director, Keith Buckley, has joined Symantec with overall responsibility for sales and client management in the ANZ market.
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PC Tools launches 'Toyota' class security solution
Written By: Beverley Head
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-11-09 22:26:54
Sydney based Symantec subsidiary, PC Tools has launched its latest series of security tools aimed at value conscious customers.
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Written By: Beverley Head
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-11-09 22:26:54
Sydney based Symantec subsidiary, PC Tools has launched its latest series of security tools aimed at value conscious customers.
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Online threats require change in online ‘behaviour’
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-11-01 03:07:32
Americans, it seems, are getting the message that Internet safety and security is critical to their daily lives but many still need to employ safer cyber 'hygiene' and apply better ‘online behaviour’ to meet the threats of today that permeate the online environment.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-11-01 03:07:32
Americans, it seems, are getting the message that Internet safety and security is critical to their daily lives but many still need to employ safer cyber 'hygiene' and apply better ‘online behaviour’ to meet the threats of today that permeate the online environment.
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Australian spam rates higher than global average
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-10-27 22:12:26
Spam levels in Australia are going through the roof, increasing by two percent to 92.7 percent of all emails received by business, and higher than the global average.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-10-27 22:12:26
Spam levels in Australia are going through the roof, increasing by two percent to 92.7 percent of all emails received by business, and higher than the global average.
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Cybercrims’ scare tactics to force rogue software buys
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-19 19:35:04
Cybercriminals are employing increasingly persuasive online scare tactics to convince users to purchase rogue security software, or “scareware” software that pretends to be legitimate security software.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-19 19:35:04
Cybercriminals are employing increasingly persuasive online scare tactics to convince users to purchase rogue security software, or “scareware” software that pretends to be legitimate security software.
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Phishing attacks decrease, but respite may be short-lived
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-10 18:39:56
Phishing attacks around the globe dropped by five percent over recent weeks and there was a significant decrease in attacks using phishing toolkits, but the respite from the dreaded phishers may be short-lived.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-10 18:39:56
Phishing attacks around the globe dropped by five percent over recent weeks and there was a significant decrease in attacks using phishing toolkits, but the respite from the dreaded phishers may be short-lived.
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Lack of technology disaster preparedness leads to business losses
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-10-01 10:48:04
A survey of Australian and New Zealand SMBs, and their counterparts around the world, has revealed that there is a large discrepancy between how small to medium sized businesses perceive their disaster readiness and their actual level of preparedness, with suggestions that SMBs' downtime costs their customers tens of thousands of dollars each year.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-10-01 10:48:04
A survey of Australian and New Zealand SMBs, and their counterparts around the world, has revealed that there is a large discrepancy between how small to medium sized businesses perceive their disaster readiness and their actual level of preparedness, with suggestions that SMBs' downtime costs their customers tens of thousands of dollars each year.
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New botnets hitting the net, Oz spam levels higher than global average
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-30 21:24:29
New botnets are reportedly causing more havoc on the Internet, with botnets now responsible for sending 87.9 percent of all spam, including one of the oldest and largest botnets which has doubled in size in just four months.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-30 21:24:29
New botnets are reportedly causing more havoc on the Internet, with botnets now responsible for sending 87.9 percent of all spam, including one of the oldest and largest botnets which has doubled in size in just four months.
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Up and down year for storage software market
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2009-09-13 04:01:37
The worldwide storage software market again declined in year-over-year growth in the second quarter of this year with revenues of only $2.8 billion, driving growth rates down by 9.8% over the same quarter one year ago.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2009-09-13 04:01:37
The worldwide storage software market again declined in year-over-year growth in the second quarter of this year with revenues of only $2.8 billion, driving growth rates down by 9.8% over the same quarter one year ago.
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We eat our own cooking, says Symantec CIO
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2009-09-11 02:08:57
Symantec believes IT can be used to meet business objectives, and "we eat our own cooking" to prove it to customers, group president and CIO, Symantec Services Group, David Thompson has told iTWire.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2009-09-11 02:08:57
Symantec believes IT can be used to meet business objectives, and "we eat our own cooking" to prove it to customers, group president and CIO, Symantec Services Group, David Thompson has told iTWire.
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Norton 2010 hits the streets
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-09 05:12:53
Most of the major security software vendors have rolled out their 2010 products. Now it's Symantec's turn with Norton 2010.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-09 05:12:53
Most of the major security software vendors have rolled out their 2010 products. Now it's Symantec's turn with Norton 2010.
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Microsoft warns of IIS FTP vulnerability
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-02 17:28:46
A flaw in the FTP component within Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) allows the execution of malicious code, potentially giving an attacker complete control of a targeted system.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-02 17:28:46
A flaw in the FTP component within Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) allows the execution of malicious code, potentially giving an attacker complete control of a targeted system.
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Dramatic drop in virus-infected emails hitting Australia
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-25 23:02:55
Australia has dropped like a stone from its number one spot as the country receiving the most virus-infected emails to number 12 in the world, but our level of spam activity is still above the global average despite Australian spam activity decreasing by two percent this month.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-25 23:02:55
Australia has dropped like a stone from its number one spot as the country receiving the most virus-infected emails to number 12 in the world, but our level of spam activity is still above the global average despite Australian spam activity decreasing by two percent this month.
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Induc virus preys on Delphi developers
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-08-21 02:43:30
A piece of malware specifically targeting Delphi installations is turning up in legitimate software.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-08-21 02:43:30
A piece of malware specifically targeting Delphi installations is turning up in legitimate software.
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Twitter controls botnets
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-08-19 22:05:29
Some of the latest botnets are using carefully crafted tweets as a command-and-control mechanism.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-08-19 22:05:29
Some of the latest botnets are using carefully crafted tweets as a command-and-control mechanism.
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Dirtiest Websites are filthy in more ways than one
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-08-19 18:41:56
Conventional wisdom says that visiting smutty sites is likely to result in a dose of malware. Symantec's list of the Dirtiest Websites of Winter 2009 bears that out - but it's not quite that simple.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-08-19 18:41:56
Conventional wisdom says that visiting smutty sites is likely to result in a dose of malware. Symantec's list of the Dirtiest Websites of Winter 2009 bears that out - but it's not quite that simple.
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Australia 2nd to China in APAC security software market
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-16 04:34:50
The Asia Pacific security market grew at a solid rate of 28.3 percent in 2008 – albeit it, down from 36 percent in 2007 - with Australia becoming the second-largest market for security software in the region after China.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-16 04:34:50
The Asia Pacific security market grew at a solid rate of 28.3 percent in 2008 – albeit it, down from 36 percent in 2007 - with Australia becoming the second-largest market for security software in the region after China.
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Auto toolkit phishing attacks continue to rise
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 04:31:55
The use of automated phishing toolkits continues unabated, with the number of phishing URLs generated using the toolkits soaring to 63 percent in July, an increase of 150 percent.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 04:31:55
The use of automated phishing toolkits continues unabated, with the number of phishing URLs generated using the toolkits soaring to 63 percent in July, an increase of 150 percent.
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Aussie enterprises struggling with storage management: survey
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-03 19:56:48
Larger Australian organisations aren't getting the best from their investments in storage and are struggling to achieve their own goals, according to a new survey.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-03 19:56:48
Larger Australian organisations aren't getting the best from their investments in storage and are struggling to achieve their own goals, according to a new survey.
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Norton 2010 to tackle polymorphism
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 20:54:15
The 2010 versions of Symantec's Norton consumer security products have been designed to tackle a technique that's been used to get malware onto large numbers of computers.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 20:54:15
The 2010 versions of Symantec's Norton consumer security products have been designed to tackle a technique that's been used to get malware onto large numbers of computers.
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