Symantec, the makers of Norton AntiVirus, has confirmed that a hacking group has gained access to some of the security product’s source code. An Indian hacking group, calling itself the Lords of Dharmaraja, has threatened to publicly disclose the source code on the internet. So far, there have been two claims related to Symantec’s source code. First, a document claiming to be confidential information related to Norton AntiVirus’s source code was posted on Pastebin. Symantec says it has investigated the …
If your security product’s effectiveness is undermined by the exposure of its source code, you’re relying security through obscurity, which is no security at all.
