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Amplicate scores among Comodo users reflects success of online community-building  14 December 2011 
Source: Comodo Inc. - Posted by Administrator   
COMODO internet security reviews from real world computer users colletion by Amplicate. Anti virus and Internet security rating and comparison by Amplicate social media report.
 
A few hacker teams do most China-based hacking  13 December 2011 
Source: Brisbane Times - Posted by Alex   
As few as 12 different Chinese groups, largely backed or directed by the government there, commit the bulk of the China-based cyber attacks stealing critical data from US companies and government agencies, according to US cybersecurity analysts and experts.
 
Government-backed hacker teams do most China-based data theft  12 December 2011 
Source: USA Today - Posted by Dave Wreski   
As few as 12 different Chinese groups, largely backed or directed by the government there, commit the bulk of the China-based cyberattacks stealing critical data from U.S. companies and government agencies, according to U.S. cybersecurity analysts and experts.
 
Top Hacker Disasters of 2011  06 December 2011 
Source: Fox Business - Posted by Dave Wreski   
This year is already being called “The Year of the Hack,” due to the unprecedented number of damaging attacks against major companies like Sony, RSA Security, Google (GOOG: 626.69, +1.04, +0.17%) and even the U.S. government. It’s hard to remember a time when businesses faced as many online threats as they do today.
 
Hacktivists Crack United Nations, Publish User Data  01 December 2011 
Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Anthony Pell   
A hacktivist group called TeamPoison (TeaMP0isoN) has leaked more than 100 usernames, email addresses, and passwords belonging to the United Nations, claiming that the UN is guilty of corruption.
 
The Pest Who Shames Companies Into Fixing Security Flaws  30 November 2011 
Source: Wired - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Every Christopher Soghoian production follows a similar pattern, a series of orchestrated events that lead to the public shaming of a large entity—Google, Facebook, the federal government—over transgressions that the 30-year-old technologist sees as unacceptable violations of privacy. Sometimes he discovers these security flaws by accident, other times because someone has pissed him off, but mostly because he’s parked at his computer all day looking for security flaws.
 
Hacking linked to Northern Ireland  29 November 2011 
Source: SMH - Posted by Dave Wreski   
POLICE have told Britain's former Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain they are investigating evidence that his computer may have been hacked by private detectives working for News International. Senior Northern Ireland civil servants and intelligence agents may also have been hacked, they said.
 
Best Paying IT Security Jobs In 2012  28 November 2011 
Source: Information Week - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Good news for information security professionals: Expect salaries to increase by an average of 4.5% in 2012. Pay for chief security officers, meanwhile, is expected to increase by 3.9%.
 
Google employee bashes tech security firms  23 November 2011 
Source: thinq - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Google's open source programme manager Chris Dibona has hit out at mobile security firms, saying they should not only be ashamed of their work but that they were "likely as not to be scammers and charlatans."
 
Google guru blasts Android virus doomsayers as 'charlatans'  22 November 2011 
Source: The Register UK - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Google's open-source program manager has launched an entertaining rant against firms offering mobile security software, accusing them of selling worthless software and of being "charlatans and scammers".
 
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