Symantec plans to eventually move all of its software to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, starting with a new online backup offering the company unveiled Tuesday. The new Symantec Protection ...

Symantec Corp., the largest maker of antivirus software, has pulled off a blockbuster acquisition deal that will catapult it and data-management and storage vendor Veritas Software Corp. into an ...

Microsoft has corrected a mistake in its anti-spyware product that flagged some Symantec security tools as malicious software. The problem occurred after Microsoft pushed out an update for Windows ...

Google's Project Zero research team has been dedicated to finding zero-day exploits and vulnerabilities for nearly two years now. While it formed in response to the Heartbleed vulnerability, it ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber security company, today announced the acquisition of Luminate Security, a privately held company with ...

Representatives of both VMware and Symantec reached out to me hoping to discuss a recent announcement that Symantec had chosen VMware's vCloud Suite to implement its software defined data center.

Security software giant Symantec announced Monday it will enter the e-mail security appliance market, expanding the competitive landscape that also includes its current partner IronPort. IronPort--an ...

An update to Symantec's anti-virus software caused Windows PCs to crash, making machines inoperable until the machines were serviced, according to several customers. A company spokeswoman said in an e ...

Some users are calling new software from Symantec Corp. "adware" because the security vendor clandestinely delivered it to their desktops. But the software is actually a new update notification ...

Symantec has unveiled its first hardware product, a backup appliance with dedicated deduplication functionality and integration with its NetBackup data protection software, after years of denying it ...

This week, security software developer Symantec announced Norton Antivirus 2004, the newest version of the company's antivirus software. While this product will provide consumers with new kinds of ...

Symantec has reported that a recent antivirus update caused a number of PCs running Windows XP to crash. The conflict is said to affect Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 software designed for business ...