>>11594153 (pb)
Call to Digg on Symantec
Is this a case of the fox guarding the henhouse? Is Symantec at the heart of spying on the US and election hacking?
Elections:
Election Hacking: Voting-Machine Supplier Admits It Used Hackable Software Despite Past Denials
PcAnywhere was the name of the remote-access software made by Symantec, which allowed tech support users to access the equipment remotely from another computer. In 2012, Symantec told all of its customers to disable or to uninstall the software after admitting it had been hacked in 2006, at the same time that ES&S was selling election-management systems with pcAnywhere preinstalled.
https://www.newsweek.com/election-hacking-voting-machines-software-1028948
Symantec takes on election hacking by fighting copycat websites
The new tool could prevent hacked emails and the spread of misinformation.
https://www.cnet.com/news/symantec-takes-on-election-hacking-by-fighting-copycat-websites/
Soros Caught Installing Remote-Access Software In U.S. Voting Machines
In 2006, the same period when ES&S says it was still installing pcAnywhere on election systems, hackers stole the source code for the pcAnyhere software, though the public didn’t learn of this until years later in 2012 when a hacker posted some of the source code online, forcing Symantec, the distributor of pcAnywhere, to admit that it had been stolen years earlier. Source code is invaluable to hackers because it allows them to examine the code to find security flaws they can exploit. When Symantec admitted to the theft in 2012, it took the unprecedented step of warning users to disable or uninstall the software until it could make sure that any security flaws in the software had been patched.
Around this same time, security researchers discovered a critical vulnerability in pcAnywhere that would allow an attacker to seize control of a system that had the software installed on it, without needing to authenticate themselves to the system with a password. And other researchers with the security firm Rapid7 scanned the internet for any computers that were online and had pcAnywhere installed on them and found nearly 150,000 were configured in a way that would allow direct access to them.
https://nworeport.me/2018/07/20/soros-caught-installing-remote-access-software-in-u-s-voting-machines/
Hacking:
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/symantec-longhorn-vault-7-cia-tools,34104.html
https://betanews.com/2019/06/14/symantec-hack/
https://www.pcmag.com/news/china-used-nsa-cyberweapon-to-hack-targets-symantec-says
Symantec To Sell Stake In Huawei Symantec Joint Venture To Huawei
Symantec, which in 2008 invested a total of $150 million for a 49-percent stake in Huawei Symantec, is selling that stake for $530 million in a deal expected to close in early 2012, subject to regulatory approval.
https://www.crn.com/news/storage/231903030/symantec-to-sell-stake-in-huawei-symantec-joint-venture-to-huawei.htm
Cybersecurity Expert: Proof Russia Behind DNC, Podesta Hacks
One of the computer experts who decoded and analyzed Stuxnet was Eric Chien, a cybersecurity specialist at Symantec whose job, he says, consists of anything from “protected your 16-digit credit card number to protecting things like U.S. critical infrastructure.” His job, more specifically, is to examine all the latest cyberattacks in order to understand how the attackers work, how their programs work, and how to build protections against them.
The Daily Beast spoke to Chien about state-sponsored cyberwarfare, the hacks on the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chief John Podesta, and why we shouldn’t be too worried about hacking on Election Day.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cybersecurity-expert-proof-russia-behind-dnc-podesta-hacks
Political Connections:
Symantec CEO,John Thompson, Obama pick for Commerce Secretary…is now Chairman of Microsoft
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/symantec-ceo-obamas-top-choice-for-commerce/
Soros Fund Management Llc reports 78.15% increase in ownership of NLOK / NortonLifeLock Inc. (Symantec)
https://fintel.io/so/us/nlok/soros-fund-management-llc