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  IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable - Big Data
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  IN PICTURES: Symantec mobility and security roundtable at Flying Fish
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  IN PICTURES: Symantec Partner Engage 2011, Day 2
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  IN PICTURES: Symantec Partner Engage 2011, Day 1

• Flame's Bluetooth functionality could help spies extract data locally, researchers say

  By Lucian Constantin | 01 June, 2012 14:40

  The Bluetooth functionality of the Flame cyberespionage malware could potentially be used to pinpoint the physical location of infected devices and allow local attackers to extract data if they get in close proximity to the victims, according to security researchers from antivirus vendors Symantec and Kaspersky Lab.

• Development timeline key to linking Stuxnet, Flame malware

  By Gregg Keizer | 30 May, 2012 20:13

  Nailing down a timeline for the development of Flame, the super-cyber spying malware recently found infecting PCs in Iran and other Middle Eastern nations, will be critical to connecting it to Stuxnet and Duqu, experts said.

• Scroggie resigns as Symantec MD

  By Spandas Lui | 30 May, 2012 15:23

  Symantec managing director in Australia, Craig Scroggie, has passed the baton to Brenton Smith.

• Dzienciol leaves Symantec, joins Parallels

  By Nermin Bajric | 29 May, 2012 12:47

  Desktop virtualisation software vendor, Parallels, has appointed former Symantec staffer, David Dzienciol, as its Asia-Pacific sales vice-president and general manager.

• Researchers identify Stuxnet-like cyberespionage malware called 'Flame'

  By Lucian Constantin | 28 May, 2012 18:31

  A new, highly sophisticated malware threat that was predominantly used in cyberespionage attacks against targets in the Middle East has been identified and analyzed by researchers from several security companies and organizations.

• Intel launches Cloud-based single sign-on service

  By Antone Gonsalves | 23 May, 2012 13:42

  Listed on AppExchange, Cloud SSO has been tightly integrated with Salesforce.com applications

• Mac-based Flashback click fraud campaign was a bust

  By Gregg Keizer | 18 May, 2012 06:25

  The hackers in charge of the Flashback botnet managed to generate $14,000 from their click fraud campaign, but have not been paid, Symantec said today.

• Intel incorporates security, management into Core vPro processors

  By Ellen Messmer | 15 May, 2012 23:42

  Intel today described management and security capabilities that will be part of its new Intel Core vPro processor family used in PCs, tablets, laptops and intelligent systems.

• Symantec: A walk in the Clouds

  By Patrick Budmar | 28 May, 2012 11:11

  2011 was the year when the Cloud went critical mass and entered mainstream vernacular. ARN caught up with Symantec Asia-Pacific and Japan Cloud channels director, Nigel Mendonca, to find out how the company performed in 2011 and its road ahead.

• PROFILE: From the ground up

  By Julia Talevski | 07 November, 2011 09:39

  Insentra's Ronnie Altit talks about some of the challenges with starting a business and the importance of building trusted relationships with partners

• Symantec: Building on specialisation

  By Patrick Budmar | 29 July, 2011 08:41

  ARN caught up with Symantec Pacific region vice-president and managing director, Craig Scroggie, during Symantec Partner Engage 2011 to talk about the security vendor’s channel strategy, partners specialising and the current security landscape.

• Channel Choice: Vendor Of the Year -Symantec

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 29 November, 2010 15:56

  Symantec has had a busy year. In April, at its partner conference in Senza, China, the vendor outlined a strategy that involved significant changes to its partner program. As yet, we still don’t know all the details of these changes.

• SaaS, not shopping, is focus of Symantec's new CEO

  By Robert McMillan | 26 June, 2009 09:32

  CIOs think of Symantec as a company that buys its way into new markets. Over the past decade the Cupertino, California, vendor has snatched up about 30 companies as it's evolved from an antivirus and tools seller to an aspiring enterprise infrastructure vendor.

• PDF files most trusted...and most targeted

  By Tony Bradley | 09 March, 2011 06:06

  PDF files are one of the most common, and most trusted document formats out there. However, that trust, combined with the cross-platform use of PDFs makes the Adobe file format one of the most targeted and exploited by malicious attacks as well.

• Free vs. fee: Free, paid antivirus programs

  By Nick Mediati | 30 November, 2010 13:45

  Depending on whom you ask, paying for antivirus software is either a good investment or a total ripoff. In reality, neither viewpoint is accurate. You can find plenty of good reasons to choose a paid antivirus product, and plenty of good reasons to go with a freebie.

• Symantec gets good vibes from virtualized browser

  By Robert McMillan | 15 January, 2009 07:58

  Security vendor Symantec is using new virtual machine technology to protect Web surfers from online attack.

• Symantec: Online underground economy is booming

  By Carol Ko | 11 December, 2008 06:30

  An online underground economy has recently matured into an efficient, global marketplace to trade stolen goods and offer fraud-related services.