Cyber Times

Symantec Norton Utilities 2006 source code leaked by Anonymous

Symantec is looking into claims more of its products’ source code has been leaked online, following a similar incident earlier this year. This time source code from Norton Utilities 2006 was reportedly leaked on The Pirate Bay by Anonymous member STUN.

"As you all see its fully 7z packed content, whats in it!? The loosely Source Code of Norton Utilities 2006 made by one of the worse security vendors on planet earth, Symantec! Also as many of you know this was planned back before Sabu was arrested. Yeah McAfee you suck too!" says the accompanying text.

Week-long cyber attacks cripple US banks

US banks have been buffeted by more than a week of powerful cyberattacks, but the mystery surrounding their perpetrators lingers.

One expert said on Friday that he was suspicious of claims of responsibility purportedly made by Islamists angry at an anti-Muslim movie made in the United States, explaining that the widely-circulated internet postings might have been an attempt to deflect attention from the true culprit.

"In the intelligence world, we call that a 'false flag,'" said Mike Smith, whose web security company Akamai has helped analyse some of the attacks.

Hackers at Grand Rapids

Now it is the time to switch off your electronic devices as GRRCON is going on at DeVos Place. It is a place where hackers and IT professionals come together on a common platform to learn about computer security.

The Goal behind organizing this grand event is to get like-minded people together to learn "ethical" hacking, says Christopher Payne – “one of the founders of GRRCON”.

Topology in Network Design

In computer networking, topology refers to the layout of connected devices. Network topologies are categorized into the following basic types:
Bus, Star, Tree, Ring, Mesh & More complex networks can be built as hybrids of two or more of the above basic topologies.

Bus Topology

Search engine optimization (SEO) – Best way to improve your website ranking

SEO is the process of improving the visibility (ranking) of a website or a web page in a search engine's "natural" search results. In general, A website will receive more visitors if it appears earlier and more frequently in the search results list.

Have you ever wondered why some of the websites rank better than the others? It is because of a powerful web marketing technique Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, video search, academic search, news search and industry-specific search engines.

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