Symantec buys antiphishing firm WholeSecurity | Tech News on ZDNet
Symantec has agreed to acquire privately held WholeSecurity, which makes products to fight phishing scams and detect malicious code attacks.
Venture-backed WholeSecurity is based in Austin, Texas, and employs about 60 people. Its customers include eBay, Deutsche Bank and Visa, according to the company's Web site. The acquisition is expected to be completed in October, Symantec said Thursday. Financial details were not disclosed.
Here's hoping things work out ok.
Holy smokes! That can be a good and a bad thing. I hope for the best on that one.
Bad thing. Symantec has a history of buying up products and ruining them. Their quality is crap, and their support worse. They also do lots of evil shit…
Symantec’s censorware blocks the NRA and ILA, but not anti-gun sites.
Symantec’s anti-virus bounces virus warnings to innocent third parties. Which can get your servers blocklisted.
Their antivirus library had a heap overflow earlier this year that could be used to take over your machine. Oops.
Symantec has been known to spam.
Companies that treat their customers with such disdain never treat their employees well.