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Symantec backtracks, admits own network hacked

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Symantec today backed away from earlier statements regarding the theft of source code of some of its flagship security products, now admitting that its own network was compromised.

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Jan 18, 2012

Spammers hit mobes with QR code junkmail jump pads

Security researchers have spotted spam emails that point at URLs featuring embedded Quick Response codes (QR codes).

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Jan 12, 2012

Symantec Source Code Scattered to the Winds

Hackers have posted the source code for two Symantec security products, claiming they obtained the information from systems belonging to Indian military intelligence. The products affected are four and five years old, Symantec said. "If the source code from product released in the past three or four years was compromised, I'd be pretty concerned," said security consultant Randy Abrams.

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Jan 09, 2012

Google Chrome Finally Gets Malware Download Protection

Nine months after first being put into testing, the new version of Chrome will at last included filtering against inadvertently downloading malware executables, Google has announced.

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Jan 09, 2012

Sony website defacer pwned by second hacker

A defacer affiliated with Anonymous vandalised Sony's online front door this week over the corporate behemoth's support of SOPA, a hated anti-piracy law proposed in the US.

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Jan 06, 2012

Hackers reveal personal data of 860,000 Stratfor subscribers

A computer hacking group has revealed email addresses and other personal data from former Vice President Dan Quayle, former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, and hundreds of U.S. intelligence, law enforcement and military officials in a high-profile case of cyber-theft.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 04, 2012

Anonymous attacks security advisers

Activists from hacker movement Anonymous have attacked the servers of Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor) and claim they have gained access to more than 200 gigabytes of mail data. Stratfor founder George Friedman has since confirmed that a confidential list of customers has been published on other web sites.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 28, 2011

Anonymous Nabs 50,000 Credit Card Numbers From Security Think Tank

Hacktivist group Anonymous stole more than 50,000 credit card numbers, along with a variety of other data, in its hack of private security think tank Stratfor earlier this week, according to analysis of the data.

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Dec 28, 2011

'Anonymous' hackers target US security think tank

The loose-knit hacking movement "Anonymous" claimed Sunday to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor. One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as Christmas donations, and some victims confirmed unauthorized transactions linked to their credit cards.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 26, 2011

Iowa GOP worried by hacker threat to caucus vote

Taking seriously an apparent threat from a notorious collective of computer hackers, the Iowa Republican Party is boosting the security of the electronic systems it will use in two weeks to count the first votes of the 2012 presidential campaign.

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Dec 20, 2011

Square Enix server hack compromises 1.8 million gamer accounts

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Dec 19, 2011

Jailbreakers use Apple crash reports to 'free' iPhones

Thousands of iPhone owners have joined forces with a team of hackers to help them find new ways to jailbreak Apple's phone software.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 16, 2011

Five Big Database Breaches Of 2011's Second Half

Though the second half of the year has been comparably calmer than the first half's excitement over database breaches at RSA, Sony, and Epsilon, the breach numbers continued to roll in -- especially at healthcare organizations, which made up a disproportionate number of exposed records. Here are some of the biggest breaches that went down in the second half of the year, along with a few database security lessons learned.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 15, 2011

DNS Hijacks Now Being Used to Serve Black Hole Exploit Kit

Attackers have been going after various pieces of the DNS infrastructure for a long time now, and it's not unusual for there to be somewhat organized campaigns that target certain vertical industries or geographic regions. But researchers lately have been seeing an interesting pattern of compromises in which attackers somehow add new names to existing domains and use those sub-domains to piggyback on the good reputation of the sites and push counterfeit goods, pills and other junk.

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Dec 14, 2011

Adobe Zero-Day Attack Part Of Wider Campaign

The latest Adobe Reader and Acrobat zero-day attack is part of a larger, longer-term targeted attack campaign aimed mainly at stealing intellectual property from the U.S. and U.K. industries and government agencies, according to Symantec.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 12, 2011

Government Applications Still Riddled with Serious Security Flaws

The US government sector is markedly worse than private industry at eliminating a range of common but serious flaws from software code, an analysis of real applications submitted for review to testing company Veracode has found.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 09, 2011

Four charged with hacking point-of-sale computers

Four residents of Romania have been charged for their alleged participation in a multimillion-dollar scheme to remotely access point-of-sale systems at more than 150 Subway restaurants and other U.S. merchants and steal payment card data, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 08, 2011

Hacked Zuckerberg photos expose Facebook security flaw

CALLS for improved security at Facebook could get some high profile backing after private pictures of the website's founder Mark Zuckerburg were hacked and made public.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 07, 2011

Android glitch allows hackers to bug phone calls

Computer scientists have discovered a weakness in smartphones running Google's Android operating system that allows attackers to secretly record phone conversations, monitor geographic location data, and access other sensitive resources without permission.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 01, 2011

HP laser printer hack raises concern, millions vulnerable

Researchers from Columbia University have demonstrated a security flaw found in, but perhaps not limited to, HP printers which can actually lead to fires. The exploit allows hackers to reprogram printers with custom firmware, giving the attacker full control of printer functions. As a result, the hacker can continually heat a laser printer's fuser until paper begins to burn, MSNBC reports.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 30, 2011

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