Listen to Kevin Haley, Director, Security Technology and Response share an overview of the highlights of Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 17.

The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report is one of the most comprehensive sources of Internet threat data in the world. Symantec’s analysts have access to unparalleled sources of data with which to identify, analyze, and provide informed commentary on emerging trends in attacks, malicious code activity, phishing, and spam. The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report gives enterprises and consumers the essential information they need to secure their systems effectively — now, and into the future.

The Symantec Report on Rogue Security is an in-depth analysis of rogue security software programs. Kevin Haley, Director of Symantec Security Response, provides an analysis of the prevalence of rogue security software globally and discusses some of the more noteworthy rogue software related scam.

Eric Park and Deaddin Edris from Symantec discuss the August 2011 Intelligence Report in this monthly podcast series. Topics include the volume of spam seen by Symantec in the previous month, the latest spam trends and techniques, and tips on how to avoid spam messages. The Intelligence Report leverages security data from the Symantec Global Intelligence Network to keep organizations and consumers informed of the latest threats to their messaging infrastructure.

Paul Wood, Senior Analyst from Symantec.cloud, discusses the key findings from the July 2011 Symantec Intelligence Security Report. Aggressive use of rapidly changing malware leads to a rise in sophisticated socially engineered attacks; twist in phishing attacks bait mobile phone users.

Executive Spotlight Podcast with Symantec Group President of SMB and Symantec.cloud Rowan Trollope that covers everything from the current and future states of the Symantec.cloud group, the value proposition of SaaS versus traditional software-based solutions, the evolution of Rowan’s 20-year career at Symantec, and more.

Join Kevin Haley, Director, Symantec Security Technology and Response, as he shares findings from “A Window into Mobile Device Security: Examining the security approaches employed in Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android” — a whitepaper, which provides an in-depth, technical evaluation of the two predominant mobile platforms, in an effort to help corporations understand the security risks of deploying these devices in the enterprise.

Paul Wood, Senior Analyst from Symantec.cloud, discusses the key findings from the June 2011 Report. „Despite the decrease in botnet spam this month, they should still be considered a dangerous force on the Internet. Cybercriminals continue to use botnets to conduct distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), carry out fraudulent click-thrus on unsuspecting websites for financial gain, host illegal Web site content on infected computers, harvest personal data from infected users and install spyware to track victims' activities online”, — said Paul Wood.

Eric Park and Deaddin Edris from Symantec discuss the May 2011 State of Spam & Phishing report in this monthly podcast series. Topics include the volume of spam seen by Symantec in the previous month, the latest spam trends and techniques, and tips on how to avoid spam messages. The State of Spam & Phishing report leverages security data from the Symantec Global Intelligence Network to keep organizations and consumers informed of the latest threats to their messaging infrastructure.

Protecting your virtual environments takes more than just hiding them behind a firewall. This podcast looks the question of endpoint protection for virtual machines. In this discussion with Daniel Schrader from our Endpoint Security Product Management team, we will look at the differences between protecting physical and virtual endpoints. Different approaches to securing virtual machines will be discussed as will changes Symantec has made to Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 to optimize it for virtual environments.

April 26, 2011 Symantec announced the publication of its April 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report. The April edition of the MessageLabs Intelligence report provides the latest threat trends for April 2011 to keep you informed regarding the ongoing fight against viruses, spam, spyware and other unwelcome content.

This month analysis reveals that targeted attacks intercepted by Symantec.cloud rose to 85 per day, the highest figure since March 2009 when the figure was 107 per day in the run-up to the G20 Summit held in London that year.

Simultaneously, in the aftermath of the Rustock botnet takedown, global spam volumes continued to fall and decreased by 6.4 percentage points since March to 72.9 percent in April. MessageLabs Intelligence also revealed that shortened URLs have become increasingly popular recently, being used to lure people to click on advertising links; a practice known as click-fraud.

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Eric Park and Deaddin Edris from Symantec discuss the April 2011 State of Spam & Phishing report in this monthly podcast series. Topics include the volume of spam seen by Symantec in the previous month, the latest spam trends and techniques, and tips on how to avoid spam messages. The State of Spam & Phishing report leverages security data from the Symantec Global Intelligence Network to keep organizations and consumers informed of the latest threats to their messaging infrastructure.

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Do you want to experience the Internet the way you want—without the effects from harmful viruses? By making common-sense choices and putting safeguards in place, you can greatly reduce your exposure to risk.

This podcast discusses four virus protection tips that can substantially reduce the risk of getting a computer virus.

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This Symantec Security Response podcast focuses on information-stealing programs designed to gather account information for online games.

The goal of this podcast is to help you better understand how these programs threaten more than just your online game account and how you can protect yourself from these types of threats.

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Online activity is part of everyday life for children. However, the wonders and power of the Internet are not without their challenges and dangers. In fact, today's parents rate Internet dangers higher than drugs on their list of concerns. Symantec's Internet safety advocate advises parents to take a multi-pronged approach to protect their children.

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Eric Park and Deaddin Edris from Symantec discuss the June State of Spam & Phishing report in this monthly podcast series. Topics include the volume of spam seen by Symantec in the previous month, the latest spam trends and techniques, and tips on how to avoid spam messages. The State of Spam & Phishing report leverages security data from the Symantec Global Intelligence Network to keep organizations and consumers informed of the latest threats to their messaging infrastructure.

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This podcast will cover the Phishing and Spam trends, providing analysis and discussion of the data gathered by Symantec between January 1 and December 31, 2008.

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Symantec Security Technology & Response identifies new, emerging threats and maps technology solutions to address them using the vast intelligence of the Symantec Global Intelligence Network. Dr. Ramzan discusses the latest research on which he and the team have been working and how they are working to develop solutions that address new threats in the areas of spear phishing and the large-scale Google-China cyber-attack.

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Zulfikar Ramzan, Technical Director of the Security, Technology, and Response team at Symantec, provides an overview of a new threat called «search engine poisoning». Ramzan, details the motives behind search engine poisoning and provides information on how consumers and businesses can protect themselves.