Symantec is sounding the alarm for users of its pcAnywhere remote access software following threats from a hacker. In some cases, said the security software maker, they might want to turn off and disable the application entirely. The hacker, who goes by the handle “YamaTough,” might be a member of the hacker collective Anonymous. The hacker claimed last week to have released pcAnywhere source code to the wild, where it could be exploited by malicious hackers.
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Symantec Tells Customers to Pull the Plug on pcAnywhere Following Code Theft
Posted by: Richard Adhikari January 26, 2012 12:13 PMSymantec is sounding the alarm for users of its pcAnywhere remote access software following threats from a hacker. In some cases, said the security software maker, they might want to turn off and disable the application entirely. The hacker, who goes by the handle “YamaTough,” might be a member of the hacker collective Anonymous. The hacker claimed last week to have released pcAnywhere source code to the wild, where it could be exploited by malicious hackers.