Security News

Symantec's Latest DLP Offering Aids GDPR Compliance
2017-09-21 14:31

Symantec DLP 15 Helps Protect Sensitive Data in Managed and Unmanaged Environments and Aids in GDPR Compliance In unpublished research, seen by SecurityWeek, 96% of U.S. CISO respondents agreed...

Don't Delay: Replace Symantec TLS/SSL Certs Now
2017-09-12 16:33

Google Will Slowly Start Pulling the Rug From Under Symantec's Digital CertificatesA major operation to cleanse websites of digital certificates created under questionable circumstances is...

Using Symantec's TLS/SSL Certs? Start Replacing Them. Now.
2017-09-12 13:33

Google Will Slowly Start Pulling the Rug From Under Symantec's Digital CertificatesA major operation to cleanse websites of digital certificates created under questionable circumstances is...

Hackers Target Control Systems in U.S. Energy Firms: Symantec (Security Week)
2017-09-06 13:31

A group of cyberspies believed to be operating out of Russia has been observed targeting energy facilities in the United States and other countries, and the attackers appear to be increasingly...

Symantec Patches Code Execution Flaw in Email Security Product (Security Week)
2017-08-11 14:26

Symantec has released an update for its Messaging Gateway email security product to address remote code execution and cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities. The more serious of the...

Symantec to Sell Certificate Business to DigiCert for $950 Million (Security Week)
2017-08-03 09:39

After reaching an agreement with Google regarding penalties for misissued digital certificates, Symantec announced on Wednesday that it has made a deal with DigiCert to sell its website security...

DigiCert to acquire Symantec’s website security business (Help Net Security)
2017-08-03 07:50

Under the terms of the agreement, Symantec will receive approximately $950 million in upfront cash proceeds and approximately a 30 percent stake in the common stock equity of the DigiCert business...

Google Wants Symantec Certificates Replaced Until Chrome 70 (Security Week)
2017-07-31 15:16

After several months of debate, Google has released its final proposal in the case of Symantec’s certificate authority (CA) business. All Symantec-issued certificates must be replaced by the time...

Symantec Tricked Into Revoking Certificates Using Fake Keys (Security Week)
2017-07-21 10:48

Researcher Hanno Böck has tricked Symantec into revoking TLS certificates by falsely claiming that their private keys had been compromised. Comodo was also targeted, but the company did not fall...

Symantec to Acquire Mobile Security Firm Skycure (Security Week)
2017-07-11 19:21

Just three days after announcing that it would acquire Fireglass, Symantec announced that it has agreed to acquire mobile security firm Skycure.  read more