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Trend Micro fixes bug Chinese hackers exploited for espionage
Trend Micro says it patched a DLL hijacking flaw in Trend Micro Security used by a Chinese threat group to side-load malicious DLLs and deploy malware.
- May 24, 2022
- 12:09 PM
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Symantec Fixes Privilege Escalation Flaw in Endpoint Protection
Symantec fixed a local privilege escalation security flaw affecting all Symantec Endpoint Protection software versions prior to 14.2 RU2, and allowing attackers to escalate privileges on compromised devices and execute malicious code using SYSTEM privileges.
- November 14, 2019
- 09:16 AM
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How To Fix "Aw Snap!" Crash in Google Chrome 78
Google Chrome updated to version 78 a few days ago and some users have been experiencing "Aw, Snap!" crashes instead of the promised features.
- October 25, 2019
- 03:21 AM
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Symantec Fixes Bad IPS Definitions That Cause a Windows BSOD
Symantec fixed an issue causing Blue Screens Of Death (BSOD) for customers running the company's Endpoint Protection Client software on Windows versions ranging from Windows 7 to Windows 10 per reports.
- October 15, 2019
- 05:33 PM
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Microsoft Lifts Update Block On Windows 7 With Symantec AV
Microsoft has raised the safeguard hold put in place to block Symantec or Norton antivirus users from updating their Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 devices.
- August 28, 2019
- 05:24 PM
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Windows 7 SHA-2 Updates Blocked If Symantec, Norton AVs Installed
Microsoft is blocking Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 updates from being installed if they are code signed using a SHA-2 certificate and the machine has Symantec or Norton antivirus installed. This is because the antivirus software is deleting the updates during installation and causing Windows to not start.
- August 14, 2019
- 11:02 AM
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Another Hacker Selling Access to Charity, Antivirus Firm Networks
A threat actor observed on underground hacker forums peddling internal network access to various entities claims to have breached the infrastructure of notable organizations such as UNICEF and cybersecurity companies Symantec and Comodo.
- June 06, 2019
- 10:14 AM
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Fxmsp Chat Logs Reveal the Hacked Antivirus Vendors, AVs Respond
A report last week about Fxmsp hacker group claiming access to the networks and source code of three antivirus companies with offices in the U.S. generated statements from alleged victims that are disputed by the firm that sounded the alarm.
- May 13, 2019
- 07:25 PM
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NSS Labs Sues CrowdStrike, Symantec, ESET, AMTSO for Alleged Testing Conspiracy
NSS Labs has filed an anti-trust law suit against CrowdStrike, Symantec, ESET, and the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) over an alleged conspiracy to prevent independent testing companies from performing unbiased reviews of security software.
- September 20, 2018
- 12:33 PM
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Google Chrome 66 Released Today Focuses on Security
Google has moved Chrome 66 to the stable channel and starting earlier today has begun updating users to the browser's new major version — Chrome 66.0.3359.117.
- April 18, 2018
- 04:05 AM
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Symantec Sells SSL Business to DigiCert for $950M in Cash and 30% Shares
In the face of devastating penalties prepared by Google, Symantec announced plans to sell its SSL issuance certificate business to rival company DigiCert.
- August 03, 2017
- 10:11 AM
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Google Outlines SSL Apocalypse for Symantec Certificates
Google will distrust all existing Symantec SSL certificates starting with October 2018, and Symantec will have to rebuild its entire certificate issuance infrastructure from scratch if it wants to remain in the CA (Certificate Authority) business.
- July 29, 2017
- 01:00 AM
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Researcher Says API Flaw Exposed Symantec Certificates, Including Private Keys
Flaws in the API used by Symantec partners would have allowed an attacker to retrieve certificates, including private keys, security researcher Chris Byrne said in a Facebook post published over the weekend.
- March 27, 2017
- 03:05 PM
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Google Reducing Trust in Symantec Certificates Following Numerous Slip-Ups
Google Chrome engineers announced plans today to gradually remove trust in old Symantec SSL certificates and intent to reduce the accepted validity period of newly issued Symantec certificates, following repeated slip-ups on the part of Symantec.
- March 23, 2017
- 04:58 PM
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Tens of Thousands of Chromebooks Fail Due to Bug in Security Product
A large chunk of the 120,000 Chromebooks deployed at Maryland's Montgomery County schools went down last week after computers using Symantec BlueCoat security software weren't able to handle TLS 1.3 connections that Google started supporting with the release of Chrome and Chrome OS 56.
- February 28, 2017
- 11:15 AM
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