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Title: Norton
Post by: PAKFRONT on January 14, 2012, 01:37:42 PM
Hacker has stolen source code for the new 2012 Norton AV..
Taken off Indian Govt Servers? Still reading on this, but
there are some wierd tidbits popping up about this..
Indian Govt? Hmmm, quite interesting.. How would this
effect the security? Wouldn't it make the program worthless?

Oopsee! Me thinks somebody is in trouble..
Title: Re: Norton
Post by: Vulcan on January 14, 2012, 02:26:58 PM
Wrong, it's for old product. Read here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57353814-83/that-stolen-symantec-source-code-its-for-older-enterprise-products/?tag=txt;title

Title: Re: Norton
Post by: PAKFRONT on January 14, 2012, 03:03:48 PM
Quote from: Vulcan on January 14, 2012, 02:26:58 PM
Wrong, it's for old product. Read here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57353814-83/that-stolen-symantec-source-code-its-for-older-enterprise-products/?tag=txt;title



Thanks
Was pokin around, reading some more..
Just a hackers wet dream.. But what was Norton
source code doing on Indian Govt Servers??
But not much makes any sense anymore.. :uhoh
Title: Re: Norton
Post by: Penguin on January 14, 2012, 04:13:03 PM
Relax, dude.  Don't sweat the small stuff.  Norton antivirus on Indian Government servers makes perfect sense; governments around the world use the private sector to subcontract out things such as meals, heating/cooling, and cybersecurity.

-Penguin
Title: Re: Norton
Post by: morfiend on January 14, 2012, 05:31:55 PM
 If you use norton and think your secure,you're saddly mistaken.







    :salute
Title: Re: Norton
Post by: Penguin on January 14, 2012, 06:33:16 PM
The Indian government doesn't use Norton's consumer antivirus software, Norton hires a security team devoted solely to protecting them.

-Penguin

EDIT: Grammar correction
Title: Re: Norton
Post by: EskimoJoe on January 14, 2012, 06:53:09 PM
Quote from: morfiend on January 14, 2012, 05:31:55 PM
If you use norton and think your secure,you're saddly mistaken.







    :salute

qft..
Title: Re: Norton
Post by: PAKFRONT on January 15, 2012, 12:39:14 AM
See Rule #4
Title: Re: Norton
Post by: Shuffler on January 15, 2012, 11:19:33 AM
Norton is a hacker's dream.

Norton is more like a virus.
Title: Re: Norton
Post by: Vulcan on January 15, 2012, 03:17:02 PM
Quote from: Penguin on January 14, 2012, 04:13:03 PM
Relax, dude.  Don't sweat the small stuff.  Norton antivirus on Indian Government servers makes perfect sense; governments around the world use the private sector to subcontract out things such as meals, heating/cooling, and cybersecurity.

-Penguin

Yes but I'm not entirely sure why the Indian govt would require the source code unless they were making heavily modified versions of Nortons. On top of that source code for such security products is usually kept in strictly isolated datacenters with ZERO internet connection.