What if the Norton Source Code has Been Stolen? Symantec said it is still in the process of analyzing the data in the second post, Paden said. “This document explains how the software is designed to work (what inputs are accepted and what outputs are generated) and contains function names, but there is no actual source code present,” Cris Paden, senior manager of corporate communication for Symantec told SecurityWeek.Ī second post entitled ‘Norton AV source code file list’ includes a list of file names reputedly contained within Norton AntiVirus source code package. Thus far, the information posted by the hackers includes a document dated April 28, 1999, that Symantec describes as defining the application programming interface (API) for the virus Definition Generation Service. “Now we release confidential documentation we encountered of Symantec Corporation and it’s Norton AntiVirus source code which we are going to publish later on, we are working out mirrors as of now since we experience extreme pressure and censorship from US and India government agencies.” “So far we have discovered within the Indian Spy Programme source codes of a dozen software companies which have signed agreements with Indian TANCS programme and CBI,” according to a post on Pastebin that has since been deleted. The group is operating under the name Dharmaraja, and claims it found the data after compromising Indian military intelligence servers. Update: 01/06/12 12:20AM EST – Symantec has confirmed with SecurityWeek that hackers have accessed source code related to Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Symantec Antivirus 10.2. A group of hackers claim to have stolen source code for Symantec’s Norton Antivirus software.

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