Anti-virus vendor Symantec is aiming to pre-empt the next wave of viruses with the launch of security software for the Palm OS (operating system). There are currently no known examples of viruses designed to attack handheld devices, but following a...
Jason R Conyard, director of Wireless strategy for security firm Symantec, said: "Most of the security problems we are seeing with mobile devices are behavioural - people not taking care of the information on their PDAs and laptops like they would...
The world's high-tech infrastructure is under a serious and credible threat from terrorist groups, according to Rob Clyde, CTO of the world's biggest security firm Symantec. This is a significant threat and one we need to be ready for," he said.
Symantec has unveiled a hybrid software product which is designed to protect companies against various simultaneous threats. The product, called Symantec Client Security, features firewall, anti-virus and intrusion detection system (IDS) software...
Phil Wood, product manager at security firm Sophos, believes the current threat to OS X users from malware is "slim". Readers who have taken the time to post on past silicon.com articles on Mac security are generally bullish about the safety of...
Such a strong prediction is likely to draw fresh criticism of those peddling the mobile malware threat but Sans joins antivirus vendors such as F-Secure, McAfee and Symantec in making the case for greater mobile security.