Symantec tests revamp of corporate anti-virus client
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InfoWorld - Symantec will kick off its annual Symantec Vision conference next week with the first public release of its next-generation corporate anti-virus software, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.
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Symantec unveiled a new version of its NetBackup software that adds management and administration features that appear to fix problems that caused past users to dump the product.
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SAN FRANCISCO - A computer worm is attacking some business PCs through a flaw in antivirus software by Symantec Corp., a security company warned Friday.
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Symantec has admitted its flagship consumer security application, Norton AntiVirus 2005, has a security vulnerability that allows certain types of malicious script to infect a user&#39;s personal computer with a virus.
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There&#39;s good news and bad news on the security front. Internet security company Symantec Corp. on Monday released its Internet Security Threat Report, which provides a six-month snapshot
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Symantec is making a play for a broader market with a new "information integrity" strategy, which users and analysts said meshes with their needs for corporate security. The question is whether the vendor can execute on its wider vision.
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The volume of worms and viruses is increasing, but the rate of successful attacks has dropped, according to Symantec.
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The product formerly known as "Hamlet" is about to be made publicly available. Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 will be relased to public beta during next week's Symantec Vision conference in Las Vegas.
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Acquisition is to provide Symantec with new tools to help customers take manual Web-based policy compliance assessments.
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(InfoWorld) - Symantec Corp. Wednesday released a beta of its new enterprise security product, formerly code-named Hamlet, that melds technology from several of the company's acquisitions over the last few years. The product, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0, replaces the previous enterprise version, Symantec AntiVirus. It's a public beta, and the final version will be released around September. Symantec has decided not to charge more for the new product. "We believe the level of protection you should get for your money should be higher," said Mathew Lodge, director of product marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The EndPoint Protection suite is the culmination of a Symantec buying spree that included acquisitions of Sygate, Whole Security and Veritas. "We've spent a lot of money buying other companies," Lodge said. "We've integrated that technology into the new release." Endpoint Protection includes technology that looks at how applications behave, a way to detect if a program is doing something suspicious. For example, some malicious software programs try to download other programs from the Internet, which often is a bad sign. The suite includes other security features such as antivirus and antispyware capabilities, a firewall and host and network-based intrusion prevention technology. Another new feature is application control, which allows administrators to control what programs users can run on their machines. Also new is Symantec Network Access Control 11.0, an optional module that can be incorporated into Endpoint Protection. The feature determines whether or not to allow a mobile device to connect to the network depending on if it is a security risk, such as if the device doesnât have up-to-date patches. The module accommodates both Cisco's and Microsoft's protocols for network access control, Lodge said. It can also simply authenticate and check devices when they connect to a network and make a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) request, Lodge said. Symantec also announced a new program called Storage United, which is designed to help companies better organize their data storage even if they are using different OSes and storage hardware platforms. The program revolves around three themes: next-generation data protection, storage management and information management, said Kevin Bailey, senior product marketing manager. Prominent in the strategy will be use of NetBackup, a storage platform that came from Symantec's acquisition of Veritas, Bailey said. REFERENCES: Symantec slips, but closes in on AV product delivery, May 2, 2007Symantec mobile security client delayed, May 30, 2007
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Blog: Symantec technology creates new protection for Internet Explorer users.
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(InfoWorld) - Symantec launched new editions of its consumer Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security (NIS) software Tuesday, adding new browser defenses for some users in both packages and wrapping features from its new identity initiative into the suite. The 2008 versions boast several new features and enhancements, including something that Symantec is calling Browser Defender, which is behavioral-based technology that inspects all ActiveX, JavaScript, and VBScript code executing within Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. "It provides zero-day protection in the browser," said Ed Kim, the director of product management for Symantec's consumer products group, "but not just IE. It protects against attacks on any third-party application run within the browser, like QuickTime or Adobe [Reader]. Anything that has an ActiveX component." Browser Defender, which is integrated within both Norton AntiVirus 2008 and NIS 2008, is also able to see through attack code obfuscation techniques, claimed Kim. "Other security [applications] rely on a few simple de-obfuscation routines or look at the script itself. But we will wait until the threat uncloaks, then look at the [API] call before that call is made." Out of the gate, Browser Defender only protects users running Internet Explorer. Firefox users will have to wait. "We went with IE, given that it's the most prevalent browser," Kim said. Firefox support is in what Kim dubbed "the planning stage" with no timetable yet set. Other new features in NIS include Norton Identity Safe, the new name of the tool that Symantec has called Norton Identity Client since its January debut at the Demo 07 conference. Part of the company's long-range plan to move into identity protection, the addition to NIS is a first-generation effort to offer a tool that lets users control what information is transmitted to Web sites and fills in forms and password fields automatically. Both products are available immediately for download from Symantec's online store, and they will be available through retailers shortly, Kim said. Prices for the security software have not changed from last year: Norton AntiVirus 2008 sells for US$39.99, while NIS 2008 costs $69.99 for a three-PC license. Computerworld is an InfoWorld affiliate.
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Symantec's identity-protection software is designed to make Web surfing safer.
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Symantec has released firmware fixes for a string of critical security holes in its firewall/VPN and Gateway Security products which could be exploited to cause a denial of service, identify
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Antivirus software company McAfee Inc. said on Monday that a new version of its VirusScan Enterprise software contains so-called "intrusion prevention" features that can protect computers from attacks such as buffer overflows, which are often used by viruses, worms and malicious hackers to compromise vulnerable Microsoft Corp. Windows machines.
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Anti-virus protection turned against users CA has updated its anti-virus software to guard against a brace of flaws that created a means for hackers to turn the security protection software against its users.â¦
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Symantec, seeking to make amends for the glitch that knocked out thousands of computers across China last month, is offering affected users free backup software and an extension on their subscription to their anti-virus software. Some customers are not mollified.