Study: Uptick in spam-sending zombie PCs in September

Will Microsoft's antivirus move draw antitrust fire?
Microsoft's move to free is likely to win plaudits from consumers, but will McAfee and Symantec just sit there and take it?

Symantec CEO Thompson to retire
John Thompson will retire in April, but will remain chairman of the board. Company COO Enrique T. Salem will take the helm.

Symantec layoffs coming
Security firm plans a 4.5 percent cost savings in its workforce budget and will cut jobs to achieve that goal, spokesman says.

Symantec's work behind the cloud-based services curtain
It's nice to see that some companies like Symantec have learned valuable lessons from the past.

Symantec to buy MessageLabs for $695M
Symantec said it will use the acquisition to push its existing backup, storage and online remote access into the MessageLabs customer base.