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InternetNews March 16, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Report: Threats Coming from all Sides A Symantec study shows that the number of software security flaws has leveled off over the past year. That sounds like good news until you find out that it's leveled off at seven new vulnerabilities a day, or 2,636 a year.
InternetNews September 25, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Report: Home Users Blind To Hackers According to a new status report from security vendor Symantec, home users are the target of 86 percent of attacks. Financial services ranked second, the target of 84 percent of phishing attempts in the first half of 2006.
InternetNews February 24, 2010	Cyber Attacks Hit 75% of Enterprises in 2009 Symantec's latest report has more unsettling news for IT security administrators.
InternetNews September 20, 2005 Roy Mark	Malicious Code For Profit New trend finds shifts toward attacks seeking confidential information.
InternetNews September 17, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Have We Reached The End Of The Virus? Not quite. The old-fashioned virus infestation is fading as the biggest nuisance for computer users in favor of Trojans, Symantec's new malware study finds.
InternetNews October 3, 2006 Roy Mark	Cyber Criminals Turn to Home Users Phishing and spam are on a dramatic rise as home users become the prime targets of online criminals. Attacks are up 81 percent over the last six months and spam jumped 50 percent over the same period.
InternetNews July 8, 2009 Alex Goldman	U.S., South Korea Under Cyber Attack Governments and security firms are working together to fight an attack which, though massive, contains very primitive components.
InternetNews January 3, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec Sets Sights on IMlogic Security software maker Symantec is offering to acquire IMlogic, the top provider of enterprise instant messaging software.
InternetNews October 28, 2009	McAfee: SMBs Can't Afford to Ignore Cyber Threats Security software vendor says small- and midsized companies are becoming a popular target for hackers and online thieves.
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2005 David Tan	Combating Blended Threats Security experts agree that blended threats will continue to grow in frequency, complexity and severity.
InternetNews December 1, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Backup Software Under Attack A SANS report on top security vulnerabilities finds that backup and recovery software has become a favorite target of hackers.
InternetNews March 19, 2007 Andy Patrizio	What's a New Identity Cost? Less Than a CD. Symantec probes the identity-trading underground and finds personal IDs selling for $14.
InternetNews March 2, 2011	PDF Malware on the Rise: MessageLabs Latest report from security vendor Symantec's MessageLabs unit highlights surge in malicious software hiding in PDF attachments, while overall email threats are on the rise.
InternetNews September 23, 2005 Tim Gray	Symantec Lands Anti-Phish Firm Security software giant Symantec is expanding its line of products with the acquisition of behavior-based security and anti-phishing firm WholeSecurity.
InternetNews May 13, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Symantec Scrambles to Fix Firewall Flaws Users of Symantec's popular firewall product suite are at risk of code execution attacks.
InternetNews May 1, 2006 David Miller	Zero-Day Attacks an Ongoing Menace Security report from the SANS Institute details biggest Internet vulnerabilities.
InternetNews May 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Symantec Patches Antivirus Vulnerability Symantec said today it has fixed a vulnerability in its antivirus software suite that potentially could open a backdoor to hackers.
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Symantec's Latest: Customized Threat Protection Symantec announced a custom threat analysis and protection service through its Global Services Security Response unit. Managed Threat Analysis, is designed to help companies facing more targeted attacks from criminals looking to steal intellectual property.
InternetNews October 27, 2010	Malware Scams Pick Up In Retail Sector Targeted attacks are becoming more and more common as hackers seek out specific individuals or groups to steal proprietary information.
InternetNews February 24, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Hackers Pounce on Excel Vulnerability Hackers have launched a new attack that uses a previously undiscovered flaw in Microsoft Excel to target business executives and government agencies.
InternetNews April 8, 2008 Andy Patrizio	Malware Problem Shows no Sign of Slowing It's easier than ever to write a phishing virus that looks like a Facebook app thanks to virus writer's toolkits, Symantec finds.
National Defense July 2007 Breanne Wagner	Experts Downplay Imminent Threat of Cyberterrorism U.S. officials are worried about the threat of a terrorist attack against civilian and government computer systems, but experts say any attack by cyber terrorists is likely to be non-debilitating worms and viruses.
BusinessWeek November 8, 2004 Robert Barker	Not Many Chinks in Symantec's Armor Demand for its Internet firewall and antivirus software programs is so strong that Symantec expects revenues in the fiscal year ending in March to surge 33%, its earnings per share jumping 44%, to $1.54.
InternetNews December 30, 2004 Tim Gray	Trojan Threatens XP Flaw may leave Windows XP vulnerable to attack.
InternetNews March 21, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Surprise, Microsoft Listed as Most Secure OS Microsoft has the fewest holes and was fastest at plugging them, according to Symantec's security report.
InternetNews March 25, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner	Report: 90% of Web Sites Vulnerable to Hackers New study claims Cross-Site Scripting attacks are all over the place. Should we be afraid?
InternetNews December 2, 2010	Targeted Malware, Spam Will Surge in '11 Security software vendor predicts more malware campaigns will use social media to target mobile devices, apps and industry-specific systems.
InternetNews December 21, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Symantec Antivirus Users At Risk The Symantec AntiVirus RAR Archive Decompression Buffer Overflow has been found to have a highly critical vulnerability for which there is currently no patch.
PC World July 29, 2002 Sam Costello	Symantec Unveils Blended Security Software New product mixes firewall, antivirus, and intrusion detection tools to better protect PCs from a new wave of threats.
InternetNews May 26, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Symantec Denies 'Highly Severe' Antivirus Flaw Could Symantec's antivirus software, which guards company and government computers, include a backdoor allowing hackers access to corporate data?
Entrepreneur March 2006 Amanda C. Kooser	Hacker's Paradise Vincent Weafer, senior director of Symantec security response, talks about what internet security threats are shaping up.
InternetNews December 28, 2004 Tim Gray	Microsoft Chastises Security Groups As Microsoft continued to investigate three recently reported vulnerabilities in multiple versions of its Windows operating system Tuesday, it delivered a message to security groups anxious to publicly report bad news: It does more harm than good.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2005 Tim Beyers	Hackers Aim for AIM Is instant messaging really that safe? Not so much. The startling lack of IM shielding from major vendors such as Symantec and McAfee has left many users vulnerable.
InternetNews June 11, 2009 Alex Goldman	Malware Keeps Creeping Onto Mac OS X The Apple Mac is still seeing far fewer attacks than Windows experiences, but researchers say there's a disturbing trend at work.
InternetNews March 31, 2005 Tim Gray	Symantec Fixes Security Holes The firm releases fixes for two vulnerabilities found in its anti-virus products.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2005 Tim Beyers	Would You Pay for Safe IM? Security holes in instant messaging may yield profits in unexpected places.
InternetNews November 23, 2009	Zero-Day Exploit a Threat to IE6 & 7 Browsers? Another zero-day hole emerges in key Microsoft software.
InternetNews March 25, 2010	Symantec: China Is Tops in Targeted Malware Symantec's latest report pinpoints China as the leading source of malware tailored to hoodwink execs in specific industries.
InternetNews July 7, 2009 Alex Goldman	Symantec: USB Keys Threaten the Enterprise As criminals innovate to attack PCs, Symantec promised to continue to fight them.
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003	John Thompson, Symantec Symantec tries to give consumers and corporations a whole array of computer virus defenses in one integrated package.
InternetNews March 16, 2005 Clint Boulton	EU Clears Symantec-Veritas Merger The European Union approves Symantec's $13.5 billion bid for Veritas; Symantec announces a threat assessment service.
InternetNews January 29, 2007 Michael Hickins	Microsoft Warns of New Zero-Day Flaw Microsoft is investigating new public reports of limited "zero-day" attacks using a vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000.
InternetNews October 16, 2007 Andy Patrizio	A New Way to Hack Yourself Core Security Technologies updates its intrusion detection software to simulate outside attacks on your network and see how far the bad guys can get.
InternetNews September 7, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft Investigates Word 2000 Trojan Microsoft said it has launched an investigation into reports of a new Trojan horse targeting Word 2000.
InternetNews November 20, 2009	Symantec's 'Unlucky 13' Security Trends for 2010 Hackers and malware purveyors are becoming more sophisticated, meaning computer users need to become wiser and more proactive, too.
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Robert Lemos	Hacking for Dollars Viruses and worms are so last-decade. Today's PC users have to worry more about online burglary than stolen bandwidth.
InternetNews November 16, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Automated Patching Helping Zero-Day Exploits Latest SANS Institute top 20 list puts IE and Office squarely in hackers cross hairs. Are efforts to protect them fueling the rise?
Bank Technology News December 2005 Glen Fest	Voip Security Threats: Swimming With The Sleeping Sharks? Banks' enthusiasm for installing VoIP shows no signs of waning. Will hackers, spammers, phishers and other criminals soon notice and start to take advantage?
InternetNews August 3, 2009 Alex Goldman	Mobile, Social Networks Threaten IT: Symantec IT management is getting tougher as new threats (e.g. 'scareware') emerge and old ones persist.
InternetNews September 29, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	IM Attacks on The Rise New IM attacks are more stealthful than before so you might not even know you've been hit.