Symantec Security Response Podcasts

Eric Park and Deaddin Edris from Symantec discuss the November 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.

Eric Park and Deaddin Edris from Symantec discuss the October 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.

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.

Join security expert Kevin Haley as he discusses the latest Symantec Internet Security Threat Report. Kevin will review high profile threats such as Hydraq and Stuxnet in 2010; discuss security impacts of the growing popularity of social networks; review findings on the future of mobile security; and share results related to attack toolkits.

Deaddin Edris, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Symantec, discusses Symantec’s Messaging Gateway and Web Gateway appliances – providing customers with secure Web gateway and market leading email security solutions. The solutions address customers’ challenges and issues of securing their Web and Email infrastructures against, spam, phishing and malware and provides them the ability to protect against data loss over the Web and email, all from one vendor.

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.

Zulfikar Ramzan is the Technical Director of Symantec's Security, Technology and Response organization. This podcast profiles his history as a technologist, author, and researcher. Ramzan also provides a myriad of insights about the current and future security technology landscape.

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.

This podcast will cover the financial motivation behind the malicious code development, providing analysis and discussion of the data gathered by Symantec between January 1 and December 31, 2008.

This podcast will cover the impact of web-based attacks, providing analysis and discussion of the data gathered by Symantec between January 1 and December 31, 2008.

This podcast is virtual roundtable discussion on the topic of e-Discovery, and the issues associated with Web 2.0 technologies. Several industry experts provide opinions and best practices on how organizations can protect and secure important information.

In this podcast, Symantec Techical Director Zulfikar Ramzan, provides an overview of the recently released Symantec Report on the Underground Economy. The report provides data collected from Symantec and explores how cybercriminals network and exchange information for profit. To download the report in its entirety, visit the News Room at www.symantec.com.

In this podcast, Senior Vice President of the Consumer Products Group, Rowan Trollope, provides a detailed overview of the 2009 releases of Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security. Trollope also discusses the emphasis on performance, security, and quality in each of the products. For more information about Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009, visit www.norton.com/faster.

Symantec assesses phishing according to two indicators: phishing attempts and phishing messages. A phishing attempt can be defined as an instance of a phishing message being sent to a single user. This podcast will cover phishing metrics, providing analysis and discussion of the data gathered by Symantec between July 1 and December 31, 2007.

In ISTR XII Symantec discussed the trend toward increased professionalization and commercialization of malicious activities. During this reporting period, this tendency has evolved into a mature, consolidated underground economy.