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'Anonymous' hackers target US security think tank  26 December 2011 
Source: BusinessWeek - Posted by Dave Wreski   
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.
 
Iowa GOP worried by hacker threat to caucus vote  20 December 2011 
Source: SF Gate - Posted by Dave Wreski   
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.
 
Square Enix server hack compromises 1.8 million gamer accounts  19 December 2011 
Source: Geek.com - Posted by Dave Wreski   
With 15 days of the year left to go, you’d think it a safe bet not to hear of any new large-scale security breaches on servers used for gaming. But we’ve just heard about another one, affecting 1.8 million gamers.
 
Jailbreakers use Apple crash reports to 'free' iPhones  16 December 2011 
Source: BBC News - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Thousands of iPhone owners have joined forces with a team of hackers to help them find new ways to jailbreak Apple's phone software.
 
Five Big Database Breaches Of 2011's Second Half  15 December 2011 
Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Dave Wreski   
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.
 
DNS Hijacks Now Being Used to Serve Black Hole Exploit Kit  14 December 2011 
Source: ThreatPost - Posted by Alex   
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.
 
Adobe Zero-Day Attack Part Of Wider Campaign  12 December 2011 
Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Alex   
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.
 
Government Applications Still Riddled with Serious Security Flaws  09 December 2011 
Source: CSO Online - Posted by Alex   
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.
 
Four charged with hacking point-of-sale computers  08 December 2011 
Source: Network World - Posted by Dave Wreski   
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.
 
Hacked Zuckerberg photos expose Facebook security flaw  07 December 2011 
Source: The Week - Posted by Dave Wreski   
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.
 
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