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Hacker will release Symantec Norton source code tomorrow
A HACKER called Yama Tough has declared to the world on Twitter that he will release the full source code of Symantec's flagship Norton antivirus software.
The India-based hacker posted a short tweet simply saying that he will release the 1.7Gb (217MB) source code dump tomorrow. It appears that the source code was acquired in a hacking attack by The Lords of Dharmaraja that we covered earlier this month.
This comming tuesday behold the full Norton Antivirus 1,7Gb src, the rest will follow...
— Yama Tough (@YamaTough) January 14, 2012
He previously tweeted links to a list of the source code files and the original post by The Lords of Dharmaraja, but those web pages have since been removed. The first post claimed that the source code had been obtained from Indian military intelligence servers.
His account says "Anonymous Avengers of Indian Independence Frontier, Mumbai" and he has links to the hacktivist group Anonymous.
We are still waiting for Symantec's response to this development. Earlier this month it confirmed that some source code was obtained but said that it was out of date.
Update
Symantec has provided us with the following statement regarding the Norton source code.
"The code for Norton Utilities that was posted publicly is related to the 2006 version of Norton Utilities only. That version of the product is no longer sold or supported. The current version of Norton Utilities has been completely rebuilt and shares no common code with Norton Utilities 2006. The code that has been posted for the 2006 version poses no security threat to users of the current version of Norton Utilities."
"Furthermore, we have no indications that the code disclosure impacts the functionality or security of any of Symantec's other solutions. Lastly, there are no indications that customer information has been impacted or exposed at this time. As always, in general, Symantec recommends that users keep their solutions updated which will help ensure protection against any new possible threats." µ
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1.7Gb equal 1.7x1024 bits thus
1 740 8000 bits thus
1 740 8000/8= 217,600 MBytes...
But then again, few kbytes can still get through a popular antivirus...
Keep in mind that is also a reaction to the revelation that norton provides backdoors to indian military intelligence and security people, amongst others.
So by getting people to not use norton he's actually un-hacking people.
And I think the chance that they really use 0 code from older versions is 0.
Death to products of incest (ie. you)
Death to all hackers.
He said 1.7Gb. In english that is 1.7 "Giga-BITS" (he used a lower case "b" people.)
That equates to just over 212MB or 212 "MEGA-BYTES" Big "B" people!!!
That article was a geek fact check and the comments about him being wrong are absolute FAIL! THe numbers are right.
8 bits are a byte. 1KB and 1Kb are not the same, next you'll be telling us your 2TB hard drive isn't really 2 TB.
1.7GB = 218MB ??????
Must have been done in Javascript.....