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Problem

Need to set the password to disable Smc service

Cause

For the Security Purpose required to Set the password

Solution

Go to SEPM.

Login Console with Admin Id.

Go client Tab and then choose the Group where you want to set the password.

Under that Group choose the policy TAB.

Click on General Setting then tab on Security Setting.

There four option avail

Check the "Require a password to stop the client service"

Enter the passwor that have mention on right hand side of the security tab.

Then ok and then right click on that Group and update the content.

It will set the password to...

What actually happens in a war? We tend to destroy airports, bridges, refineries, power plants, nuclear plants etc. These are basics for the economy of any country. How much do we spend in war? billions of dollars!

Stuxnet- a Malware, exploited many vulnerabilities of SCADA system, and destroyed Iran's nuclear power plant. It sent Iran's nuclear power plant 6-7 years behind. All this was done without any socio-economic disturbance. No war fought. No loss of lives. SCADA systems are used in nuclear power plants, refineries and other industries where PLCs (programmable Logic Controllers) are used. Manufacturer of this kind of system are Siemens, Honeywell, ABB etc.

Such a huge impact of Stuxnet is not a matter of chance. Stuxnet must be made carefully for this purpose. Huge investment might have gone in Stuxnet too.

Looking at the impact and cost of Stuxnet, it would be it's insult if we call Stuxnet a Malware- It's actually the first CYBER WEAPON...

Symantec is investigating claims by a group of hackers that they are in possession of source code for its Norton AntiVirus (NAV) product.

The group, which uses the name "The Lords of Dharmaraja," claims to have stolen Symantec source code and documentation from the servers of Indian intelligence agencies, along with intellectual property from other software companies that have contracts with the Indian government.

"As of now we start sharing with all our brothers and followers information from the Indian Military Intelligence servers," the group said in a Pastebin post on Wednesday. "So far we have discovered within the Indian Spy Programme source codes of a dozen software companies which have signed agreements with Indian TANCS programme and CBI."

The original post has been deleted from Pastebin but was still available in Google's cache. It contains...

Symantec Protection Center 2.1 (SPC) has been released!

The Symantec Protection Center Team is proud to announce the release of Symantec Protection Center 2.1 (2.1.0.2075), which was published today to the LiveUpdate Publishing Service.  SPC 2.0 Customers will be notified that an update to SPC is available for download.  This is a LiveUpdate release only.  This update provides fixes for a small number of defects, as well as several major enhancements.

These enhancements include:

• New Security Audit functionality, and reports
• New Intrusion Detection System (IDS) signature reports
• An enhanced Specific Endpoint report
• SPC Web Interface security certificate management
• Updated browser compatibility

Full details are found in the SPC 2.1 Release notes (DOC4967...