Symantec Advises Users To Update Or Disable PcAnywhere


"I use and recommend  logmein.com," Ken Garen.

Read this article online here:  http://on.wsj.com/z2DMIN

Symantec Advises Users To Update Or Disable PcAnywhere
JANUARY 26, 2012, 1:03 P.M. ET.

--Threat to remote-access software only
--Updates fix vulnerability
--No reports of customer data loss


By Steven D. Jones
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Symantec Corp. (SYMC) is advising customers to immediately update or disable its pcAnywhere software following the exposure earlier this month of source code stolen six years ago.

The company is notifying customers of potential problems and advising them to immediately update pcAnywhere software or disable it, said Cris Paden, a company spokesman. The product's roughly 50,000 users, most of which are businesses, haven't reported suspicious activity or penetration of network security, he said.

On Monday, the Cupertino, Calif., company began distributing updates to pcAnywhere version 12.5. The updates will continue through Friday.

"With pcAnywhere there may be some vulnerability," Paden said. "We're erring on the side of caution."

Symantec's efforts come after portions of some of its enterprise security source code were posted to the Web earlier this month. The company said the pilfered code was six years old but determined that it still posed a potential problem to pcAnywhere. The company's updates are designed to address any potential vulnerabilities.

The pcAnywhere product generates about $20 million annually, a sliver of the company's roughly $6 billion in total revenue.

In midday trading Thursday, Symantec shares were down 1% at $16.89.

The threat emerged on Jan. 5, when a group posted the source code on the Internet, claiming it exposed a weaknesses in Symantec's Norton Antivirus software, the leading product in the company's $2 billion consumer software business. It is used by 150 million customers worldwide. Norton Antivirus was never threatened.

Symantec continues to monitor its global networks for suspicious activity connected with the attack, said Paden.

Paden said none of Symantec's other security products have been compromised.

-By Steven D. Jones, Dow Jones Newswires; 360-834-1865; steve-d.jones@dowjones.com

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

BMW traps alleged thief by remotely locking him in car

BMW traps alleged thief by remotely locking him in car Stealer's Wheel? Seattle police department quotes "Watchmen" movie in a recap of the recent arrest. Tech Culture by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper December 4, 2016 5:00 PM PST It's maybe the most satisfying arrest we can imagine. Seattle police caught an alleged car thief by enlisting the help of car maker BMW to both track and then remotely lock the luckless criminal in the very car he was trying to steal. Jonah Spangenthal-Lee, deputy director of communications for the Seattle Police Department, posted a witty summary of the event on the SPD's blog on Wednesday. Turns out if you're inside a stolen car, it's perhaps not the best time to take a nap. "A car thief awoke from a sound slumber Sunday morning (Nov. 27) to find he had been remotely locked inside a stolen BMW, just as Seattle police officers were bearing down on him," Spangenthal-Lee wrote. The suspect found a ke...
Read more

Report: World’s 1st remote brain surgery via 5G network performed in China

World’s 1st remote brain surgery via 5G network performed in China Published time: 17 Mar, 2019 13:12 ·           A Chinese surgeon has performed the world’s first remote brain surgery using 5G technology, with the patient 3,000km away from the operating doctor. Dr. Ling Zhipei remotely implanted a neurostimulator into his patient’s brain on Saturday, Chinese state-run media  reports . The surgeon manipulated the instruments in the Beijing-based PLAGH hospital from a clinic subsidiary on the southern Hainan island, located 3,000km away. The surgery is said to have lasted three hours and ended successfully. The patient, suffering from Parkinson’s disease, is said to be feeling well after the pioneering operation. The doctor used a computer connected to the next-generation 5G network developed by Chinese tech giant Huawei. The new device enabled a near real-time connection, according to Dr. Ling.  “You barely feel that th...
Read more

New ATM's: withdraw money with veins in your finger

New cash machines: withdraw money with veins in your finger Cash machine technology that reads the pattern of finger veins is already available in Japan and Poland   By Telegraph Reporters 6:59PM BST 15 May 2014 Cash machines could soon be installed with devices that identify customers by reading the veins in their fingers. The technology is already being rolled out in Poland, where 1,730 cash machines will this year be installed with readers, negating the need for a debit card and Pin. Developed by Hitachi, the Japanese electronics firm, the machines read the patterns of the veins just below the surface of the skin on your finger using infra-red sensors. The light is partially absorbed by haemoglobin in the veins to capture a unique finger vein pattern profile, which is matched to a profile. The technology is used by Japanese banks and also in Turkey, offering “groundbreaking levels of accuracy and speed of authentication”, Hitachi said, which in t...
Read more