Source code for two security applications from Symantec has been stolen and posted on the Web. The hackers claiming responsibility, who call themselves the “Lords of Dharmaraja,” say they obtained code for the Norton Antivirus application. However, it appears they actually got their hands on code for two enterprise products, Symantec End Point 11 and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.2 instead, Symantec spokesperson Cris Paden said. The code is “four and five years old,” and SEP 11 has since evolved into SEP 12.0 and 12.1, while SAV 10.2 has been discontinued.
OK so I guess if recent code was stolen and posted about Symantec's software. I would be asking myself how secure is their company to allow such a thing when their specialty is security. Then I would be asking how secure is their software in protecting my own computers? This is disturbing to say the least.
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Symantec Source Code Scattered to the Winds
Posted by: Richard Adhikari January 9, 2012 06:00 AMSource code for two security applications from Symantec has been stolen and posted on the Web. The hackers claiming responsibility, who call themselves the “Lords of Dharmaraja,” say they obtained code for the Norton Antivirus application. However, it appears they actually got their hands on code for two enterprise products, Symantec End Point 11 and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.2 instead, Symantec spokesperson Cris Paden said. The code is “four and five years old,” and SEP 11 has since evolved into SEP 12.0 and 12.1, while SAV 10.2 has been discontinued.