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A group of application security vendors is challenging Check Point Software Technologies, Symantec, and others to submit their products to an independent application security assessment. Symantec has made yet another trip to the security supermarket, this time buying BindView for around $209 million. Symantec has issued a patch for a flaw in its corporate anti-virus software that could allow an attacker to access a server. The next year will bring more phishing attacks and bot networks as cybercriminals look for quick profit, Symantec researchers predict. Symantec continued its acquisitive pattern by inking a deal to acquire Sygate Technologies, a supplier of endpoint security products. According to the latest Yankee Group 2004 Enterprise Security Services survey of US enterprises, firewalls and antivirus are the two most highly valued security technologies. The poll also found that Symantec, Cisco and Network Associates (which has since changed its trading name to McAfee) rank as the three most trusted security product vendors. Symantec warned a flaw in Veritas Backup Exec for Windows and NetWare servers that could allow an attacker to gain remote access to a backup server.

It is something of an industry tradition that each passing year will herald a flurry of software vendors bearing updated editions of their major product lines. Symantec has pitched up with a 2004-suffixed edition of Norton AntiVirus, the latest revision of the electronic infection-fighting tool trusted by millions of PC users around the world.

Symantec pcAnywhere Version 11 has a comprehensive feature set, although you will need to have Active Directory Services activated to make use of some of them. Those of you without Active Directory or operating a mixed installation need not despair, as the core control features work without it.

The first virus capable of infecting systems running 64-bit versions of the Windows operating system has been discovered by researchers at Anti-Virus firm Symantec. Symantec has been granted a $3.1 million judgment against a man who allegedly used pop-up ads to trick consumers into buying counterfeit software. Symantec has filed suit against Hotbar.com in the hopes of winning a court ruling supporting its right to detect certain Hotbar programs as adware. MessageLabs plans to incorporate Symantec's Brightmail Anti-Spam technology into its managed anti-spam service.

The Symantec 4460 device provides two 10/100/1000 copper network interfaces in a 2U height rack mountable chassis. The front panel contains an LCD screen and a four-button control group is used for the initial IP set-up, so there is no fiddling about with serial cables.

A security firm has pointed out four further flaws in three of Symantec’s products. Symantec Chairman and CEO John Thompson Tuesday reiterated his company's case for acquiring Veritas, saying it is driven by several industry "megatrends" including increased deployment of Linux. Symantec has won a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for technology that streamlines virus detection. The merger between Symantec and Veritas and their respective security and storage management technologies will meet the evolving needs of enteprise security managers, Veritas Chairman, President and CEO Gary Bloom said. Symantec CEO John Walter Thompson used his keynote speech at the RSA conference in San Francisco to demand radical reform in the security market, and dismissed Microsoft efforts as insufficient. Symantec has bought back-up and storage firm Veritas in a deal worth $13.5bn.