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AdrianH
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Huge Security Breach at Security Firm Symantec
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January 10, 2012, 07:50:43 AM »
No Threat to Consumers, Analyst Says ............. yeah, OK we believe you
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/06/symantec-source-code-theft-likely-no-threat-to-average-user-analyst-says/?google_editors_picks=true
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January 16, 2012, 05:46:45 PM »
hi
quote foxnews / Symantec:"After all, there isn’t much hackers can learn from the code which they hadn’t known before," Rachwald wrote. "Why? Most of the anti-virus product is based on attack signatures. By basing defenses on signatures, malware authors continuously write malware to evade signature detection
(in 2007, antivirus could only detect between 20-30% of malware)."
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/06/symantec-source-code-theft-likely-no-threat-to-average-user-analyst-says/?google_editors_picks=true#ixzz1je0dyR56
I don't remember them saying that 5 years ago
Regards Jeff
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