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U.S. government online security website hacked  24 January 2012 
Source: Network World - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Hackers under the AntiSec banner appeared to have hacked late Monday the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. federal government's online security website, in protest against controversial legislation.
 
Hackers Claim Responsibility for (Temporarily) Felling CBS.com, After Attacking DoJ Site  23 January 2012 
Source: National Journal - Posted by Alex   
A group of hackers temporarily wiped clean CBS.com, in what seemed to be further retaliation for the government shutdown last week of file-sharing site Megaupload.com.
 
DreamHost warns of password hack  23 January 2012 
Source: H Security - Posted by Anthony Pell   
DreamHost, a Los Angeles-based web hosting services provider and domain name registrar, has confirmed that it may have been the victim of an attack on its servers. In a post on its DreamHost Status blog, the company says that it "detected some unauthorized activity" in one of its databases and is now requiring customers to change their FTP/shell passwords as a precautionary measure.
 
Symantec backtracks, admits own network hacked  18 January 2012 
Source: Network World - Posted by Alex   
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.
 
Spammers hit mobes with QR code junkmail jump pads  12 January 2012 
Source: The Register UK - Posted by Alex   
Security researchers have spotted spam emails that point at URLs featuring embedded Quick Response codes (QR codes).
 
Symantec Source Code Scattered to the Winds  09 January 2012 
Source: Tech World - Posted by Alex   
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.
 
Google Chrome Finally Gets Malware Download Protection  09 January 2012 
Source: CSO Online - Posted by Alex   
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.
 
Sony website defacer pwned by second hacker  06 January 2012 
Source: The Register UK - Posted by Dave Wreski   
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.
 
Hackers reveal personal data of 860,000 Stratfor subscribers  04 January 2012 
Source: LA Times - Posted by Dave Wreski   
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.
 
Anonymous attacks security advisers  28 December 2011 
Source: H Security - Posted by Alex   
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.
 
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