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• November: Whitepaper - Next Generation Network Protection - Insight, Protection, and Revenue in the Network
• October 21: Fox Small Business: The Latest Data Scam: Is Your Business Prepared?
• October 19: Tech Web: Symantec Improves NAS Appliance
• October 19: The New York Times: Creators of Stuxnet computer worm may be active again
• July 2011: virus BULLETIN - VBSPAM COMPARATIVE REVIEW Read more
• June 30, 2011: Symantec won the Security category of the eco Internet award in Germany Read more
• June 21, 2011: Symantec creates 60 jobs at its European Operations Centre in Dublin - New authentication services mandate is a strong vote of confidence in Symantec's Irish Operation Read more
• May 04, 2011: Symantec has been awarded the 2011 NGN Leadership Award for NGNP Read more

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CIO Digest

CIO Digestis Symantec’s quarterly containing strategies and analysis for senior and C-level IT leaders around the world. Each issue of CIO Digest includes an exclusive interview, an industry feature, a solutions feature, customer case studies from thought leaders around the globe, an update from Symantec Security Technology & Response, and more.

April 2012

The April 2012 issue of CIO Digest features an interview with France Telecom – Orange’s Group CIO Pascal Viginier, who believes that IT must speak the language of the business to be successful. Don't miss the Exec Q&A with Symantec President and CEO Enrique Salem, features on data retention, cloud computing, and much more. View entire issue in our digital reader.

Symantec recorded over 3 billion malware attacks in 2010 and yet one stands out more than the rest—
Stuxnet. This attack captured the attention of many and led to wild speculation on the target of the attacks
and who was behind them. This is not surprising in an attack as complex and with such significant
consequences as Stuxnet. In a look back at 2010, we saw five recurring themes:

1)      Targeted Attacks. Stuxnet captured the attention of many and led to wild speculation on the target of the attacks and who was behind them Almost forgotten in the wake of Stuxnet was Hydraq. Hydraq’s intentions were old-fashioned compared to the cyber-sabotage of Stuxnet—it attempted to steal. What made Hydraq stand out was what and from whom it attempted to steal—intellectual property from major corporations. Targeted Attacks did not start in 2010, and will not end there.

2)      Social Networks. Whether the attacker is targeting a CEO or a member of the IT staff, the Internet and social networks provide rich research for tailoring an attack. By sneaking in among our friends, hackers can learn our interests, gain our trust, and convincingly masquerade as friends.  A well-executed social engineering attack has become almost impossible to detect.

3)      Zero-day Vulnerabilities and Rootkits. Once inside an organization, a targeted attack attempts to avoid detection until its objective is met. Exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities is one part of keeping an attack stealthy, since these enable attackers to install malicious applications on a computer without the user’s knowledge. Rootkits also play a role. While rootkits are not a new concept, techniques continue to be refined and developed as attackers strive to stay ahead of detection tools. Many of these rootkits are developed for use in stealthy attacks.

4)      Attack Kits. What brings these techniques to the common cybercriminal are attack kits. Zero-day vulnerabilities become everyday vulnerabilities via attack kits; inevitably, some of the vulnerabilities used on Stuxnet as well as the other 6,253 new vulnerabilities discovered in 2010 will find their way into attack kits sold in the underground economy. These tools—easily available to cybercriminals—also played a role in the creation of the more than 286 million new malware variants Symantec discovered in 2010.

5)      Mobile Threats. As toolkits make clear, cybercrime is a business. Moreover, like a legitimate business, cybercrime is driven by a return on investment. Symantec believes that this explains the current state of cybercrime on mobile threats. All of the requirements for an active threat landscape existed in 2010, with a large base of mobile customers and sophisticated operating systems that come with the inevitable vulnerabilities—163 in 2010. In addition, Trojans hiding in legitimate applications sold on app stores provided a simple and effective propagation method. All that was missing was the ability to turn a profit.  But, that was 2010; 2011 will be a new year. 

This report discusses these trends, impending threats, and the continuing evolution of the Internet threat landscape in 2010. More Details

Download Full Report: Internet Security Threat Report Volume 16, April, 2011

Build Your Report Online Tool

This year, Symantec is offering its annual report on the Internet threat landscape in a whole new way. With the online "Build Your Report" tool, you can create your own custom version of the Internet Security Threat Report by selecting only those topic areas in which you are most interested, then compiling your report. More Details

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PassMark Reports

PassMark® Software Pty Ltd is a privately owned software development group. It specializes in the development of high quality performance benchmarking solutions as well as providing expert independent IT consultancy services to clients ranging from government organizations to major IT heavyweights. PassMark Software is a leading authority in software and hardware performance benchmarking and testing.

• Enterprise Endpoint Protection Performance 2011 (Report 3) 29 July 2011

• Small Business Endpoint Protection Performance 2011 (Report 3) 29 July 2011

• Consumer Security Products Performance Benchmarks 2011 (Edition 3) 16 February 2011

• Enterprise Endpoint Protection Performance 2011 (Report 2) 09 February 2011

PassMark Software® conducted objective performance testing on five publicly available Enterprise Endpoint Protection products and a pre-beta version of Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 on Windows 7 between September 2010 and January 2011. This report presents our results from these performance tests.

• Small Business Endpoint Protection Performance 2011 (Report 2) 09 February 2011

PassMark Software® conducted objective performance testing on four publicly available Small Business Endpoint Protection products and a pre-beta version of Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 on Windows 7 between September 2010 and January 2011. This report presents our results from these performance tests.

• Fast and Effective Endpoint Security for Business (Edition 1) 15 June 2010

• Norton 360 v4 - Startup Manager (Edition 1) 17 February 2010

• Consumer Antivirus Performance 2011 (Edition 2) 30 September 2010

• Enterprise Endpoint Protection Performance 2011 (Report 1) 12 October 2010

• Small Business Endpoint Protection Performance 2011 (Report 1) 12 October 2010

• Consumer Antivirus Performance 2011 (Edition 1) 24 August 2010

• Anti-virus Performance Benchmark Report 2010 (Edition 4) 05 February 2010

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