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VMware Source code Leaked "VMware proactively shares its source code and interfaces with other industry participants to enable the broad virtualization ecosystem today," said VMware's Iain Mulholland. "We take customer security seriously and have engaged internal and external resources, including our VMware Security Response Center, to...investigate." An anonymous hacker is claiming credit for stealing more than 1 terabyte of confidential source code from VMware. A hacker by the name of Hardcore Charlie is taking credit for posting the code online. VMware said its security  team became aware of the public posting of a single file from the ESX source code, as well as the possibility that more files may be posted in the future, on Monday. The company revealed that the posted code and associated commentary dates to the 2003 to 2004 time frame. Iain Mulholland, director of the VMware Security Response Center, was quick to say that just because source c...

Norton Anti Virus 2006 A group of Indian hackers claim to have obtained the source code for Symantec’s Norton Antivirus, the 2006 version. Experts report that if the claims were true, it could give cybercriminals the opportunity to create new malware that incorporates mechanisms to better avoid security solutions. Infosec Island  has been provided with a sample file that appears to contain the source code for the popular antivirus. Symantec was immediately contacted and the company confirmed that the file indeed contained a segment of their product’s source code, but the incident is still being investigated. “Symantec can confirm that a segment of its source code has been accessed. Symantec’s own network was not breached, but rather that of a third party entity. We are still gathering information on the details and are not in a position to provide specifics on the third party involved,” Cris Paden, sr. manager for corporate communications at Symantec  said . “Prese...