I. BACKGROUND:
We have been receiving a few scattered cases of outbreaks from a file labeled snkb00ptz.exe or snkb0ptz.exe, but it seems to be on the rise.
It's normally considered poor troubleshooting to use the file name for any type of ...
The increased use in the workplace of user-owned devices such as smartphones and tablets, often referred to as bring your own device (BYOD), provides businesses with significant productivity and cost benefits. However, it also presents a number of ...
Symantec keeps tab on the changing Threat Landscape and incorporates relevant security on its products.Same is the story with SAV to SEP to now SEP 12..
When we had SAV in the market what our customer needed was just a Antivirus to protect ...
I. BACKGROUND:
In mid-2009, W32.Changeup , was first discovered on systems around the world. Over the last few years, Symantec Security Response has profiled this threat , explained why it spreads , and shown how it was created . ...
On Tuesday, November 20th, routers, switches and servers across the Internet reset themselves (or attempted to reset themselves) back to the year 2000. This sudden change was caused by a reboot of the time server at the US Naval Observatory. Timing is ...
Hello
We got a discovered vulnerability in IE 9 on 17/09/2012 which can be exploited as following command in Backtrack 5 R2
Metasploit:
- msfupdate
- Use exploit / windows / browser / ie_execcommand_uaf
- Set SRVHOST 192,168 ...
- Set ...
I’ve been hearing and reading about a lot of interesting comments made by various info sec professionals regarding whether or not DLP or anti-virus has outlived its usefulness. Believe it or not, both of these important technologies are still viable ...
Greetings everyone.
We are still getting a lot of questions about Symantec's coverage of the most recent Java 0-Day. I thought I would take a moment to jot down a list of our current coverage for this event, and hopefully save everyone some time ...
Many of the security issues we see with desktops and laptops today can be explained by the fact that such end-point computing devices were never designed to be connected together. It was only with the arrival of affordable network cards, then ...
最近、主要メディアでルートキットの話題がよく登場します。メディアに取り上げられることで、多くの人に悪質な行為が知られるようになってきてはいますが、気が付かないうちに自宅や職場のコンピュータに脅威が感染するのを防ぐ方法は、まだあまり浸透していません。
広い意味でルートキットとは、通常のオペレーティングシステム（OS）の動作を妨害することによって、自身の存在を隠しながら、OS への特権アクセスを取得、維持するソフトウェア全般を指します。一般に、ルートキットには以下の 3 ...