The exponential growth of the Android Market is a bit of a double-edged sword. More apps are a good thing for the end user, but how do you know those apps aren’t secretly bundling in nasties? Norton wants to take care of this and all things security for you with its new app. More »
Online criminals move fast, seeking to take advantage of developments in the news or freshly-exposed vulnerabilities. Norton’s new Cybercrime Index site tracks current trends in the malware world, identifying the most commonly “poisoned” search terms, sites which are particularly dangerous and provided a daily percentage score measuring just how active cyber-criminals are. More »
Facebook’s application architecture (and indifferent attitude) means that it’s all too easy to be sent dodgy links by well-meaning friends. Norton’s Safe Web application for Facebook scans your news feed and wall, alerting you to material that could potentially cause a problem. More »
Norton’s security products are much less intrusive than they used to be, but still insist on adding extensions to Firefox without asking (bad) that don’t include an uninstall option (worse). Here’s how to ditch them. More »
