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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.
 
Anonymous Nabs 50,000 Credit Card Numbers From Security Think Tank  28 December 2011 
Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Dave Wreski   
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.
 
'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.
 
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