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‘Nitro’ Hackers Rifle Through Chemical Companies’ Secret Data

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

From April through mid-September, with a 45-day hiatus in between, hackers were busy attacking a series of targets, culminating in the chemical and defense industries, Symantec has reported. A total of 29 chemical industry companies and 19 others, mainly in the defense sector, were hit. The hackers allegedly stole intellectual property from their victims. Symantec…

Duqu Malware Marches Through Windows Kernel Flaw

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Duqu malware that became widely known last month is exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows kernel to infect systems, according to the Hungarian group CrySyS. An installer file for the Trojan was previously unknown, but now CrySyS and security firm Symantec are reporting that the main Duqu binaries are released onto a targeted…

Microsoft Issues Fix to Keep Duqu at Bay

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft on Friday released a temporary fix for a Microsoft Word vulnerability that allows the Duqu worm to attack PCs. The flaw, in TrueType font parsing, could let an attacker run arbitrary code in kernel mode, installing programs; view, change or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights, Microsoft said. The vendor…

How to Lock Down Your Laptop While on the Road

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Losing a laptop may be less painful now than it used to be because the cost of replacing the physical device has trickled downward recently. You can now pick up a decent workhorse for three or four hundred dollars at a big-box retailer. Big deal if you lose it. What hasn’t become less valuable, though,…

Symantec Source Code Scattered to the Winds

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Source code for two security applications from Symantec has been stolen and posted on the Web. The hackers claiming responsibility, who call themselves the “Lords of Dharmaraja,” say they obtained code for the Norton Antivirus application. However, it appears they actually obtained code for two enterprise products, Symantec End Point 11 (SEP 11) and Symantec…

Washington Does the Security Watusi

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

With the apparent resurgence of hacker community Anonymous, as well as concerns that cybercriminals may have recently penetrated the networks of a number of small utilities, two United States federal government initiatives to improve cybersecurity were launched this past week. As of Jan. 6, companies awarded contracts and orders by the U.S. General Services Administration…

Symantec Tells Customers to Pull the Plug on pcAnywhere Following Code Theft

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Symantec is sounding the alarm for users of its pcAnywhere remote access software following threats from a hacker. In some cases, said the security software maker, they might want to turn off and disable the application entirely. The hacker, who goes by the handle “YamaTough,” might be a member of the hacker collective Anonymous. The…

Anon Lets Fly With Symantec Code After Ransom Talks Collapse

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A hacker who was negotiating a ransom for stolen source code to a Symantec product released the data via peer-to-peer networks on Tuesday after negotiations fell through. The code is for security vendor Symantec’s pcAnywhere remote access software. Symantec had last month warned pcAnywhere users to observe best security practices and told them they might…

Cracking Open Google Wallet

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Mobile shopping received a setback last week when security researchers discovered flaws in Google Wallet that could potentially expose its PIN to enterprising hackers. When Google introduced its wallet, it bragged that it was secure because transaction information was stored in a “secure element” in Wallet-enabled phones. What researchers at a security outfit called zVelo…

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