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• 90 percent of e-mail is spam, Symantec says

  Spammers seem to be working a little bit harder these days, according to Symantec, which reported Tuesday that unsolicited e-mail made up 90.4 percent of messages on corporate networks last month.

• Spammers seize on swine flu to pitch bogus meds

  Spammers have seized on the growing interest in news of a possible swine flu epidemic to hawk fake pharmaceuticals, security experts warned Monday.

• EMC, Symantec kick off security barrage

  With the RSA Conference cranking up, EMC's security division RSA and Symantec rolled out security product releases Tuesday.

• Hacker claims SQL bug on Symantec site

  A Romanian hacker who has spent the past few weeks exposing a common, but dangerous, Web programming error on security vendors Web sites says he's found a SQL injection flaw on Symantec's Web site. But Symantec says it's not a security issue.

• Symantec to release Endpoint Virtualization Suite in winter

  Symantec Tuesday unveiled Endpoint Virtualization Suite, its set of server-based tools for controlling and delivering laptop and desktop application environments through flexible online provisioning.

• Obama to tap Symantec CEO for commerce secretary?

  Symantec CEO John Thompson is in the running for U.S. secretary of commerce, according to published reports.

• With global revenue dropping, Symantec posts big loss

  Symantec posted a big loss Wednesday, citing the tough economic climate, but the company's quarterly earnings still were better than analysts had expected.

• Symantec releases patch for application delivery program

  Symantec and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team are warning about a serious vulnerability within the company's AppStream product, used for steaming applications from a central server to thin-client desktops, though a patch has been released.

• Symantec takes cybercrime snapshot with new report

  The criminal market online for buying and selling stolen credit cards, pirated software and information about financial accounts is thriving, according to a report published Monday by Symantec.