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Verisign Fesses Up About 2010 Hack Attacks February 03, 2012 
Verisign has alarmed the online security industry with its reluctant disclosure of repeated hack attacks on its network in 2010. The infrastructure company supports key servers of the Internet's backbone, serving as Top Level Domain host for .com, .org and .gov. That it was repeatedly penetrated in 2010 was first quietly disclosed in an SEC filing in October 2011.
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FBI Looking to 'Friend' Terrorists January 30, 2012 
Social networks are popular with lots of folks, including terrorists. That's why the FBI is looking for a contractor that will design an "early warning system" for it based on monitoring chatter on the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
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Symantec Tells Customers to Pull the Plug on pcAnywhere Following Code Theft January 26, 2012 
Symantec is sounding the alarm for users of its pcAnywhere remote access software following threats from a hacker. In some cases, said the security software maker, they might want to turn off and disable the application entirely.
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Anonymous Lashes Out in Wake of Megaupload Shutdown January 23, 2012 
The hacker group Anonymous has reportedly launched a series of attacks that shut down major websites in retaliation against the U.S. Department of Justice's actions against the site Megaupload. The attacks have been ongoing since Thursday, and various Web users who clicked on certain links may have been tricked into becoming accomplices.
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SOPA Backpedaling Has InfoSec Boffins Breathing Easier January 23, 2012 
As far as SOPA's critics are concerned, "if something works, break it" seemed to be the motto of the U.S. Congress last week as it rushed to pass a controversial bill that security experts maintained could throw a bomb into the gearbox of the Internet.
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SOPA Shellacked, PIPA Plastered January 21, 2012 
The Stop Online Piracy Act, otherwise known as "SOPA," is losing friends fast, and now it looks like there's a good chance it'll lose the support it needs to make it out of Congress alive, much less the White House. SOPA and its Senate bill cousin PIPA, the Protect IP Act, have been controversial from the beginning, but a recent round of protests have made them almost toxic.
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Middle-East Cyberbattle Escalates as Arab Banks Take a Pounding January 20, 2012 
Unrest between Israelis and Arabs on the cybersecurity front is escalating, with Israeli hackers having reportedly taken down the websites of the Saudi and Abu Dhabi stock exchanges. The Israeli hackers, who call themselves "IDF-Team," paralyzed the Saudi stock exchange site and caused significant delays to the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, according to a report.
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'Nightmare' Hackers Take Swipe at Israeli Stock Exchange, Airline January 16, 2012 
Hackers believed to belong to the pro-Palestinian group "Nightmare" struck at the websites of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and Israeli airline El Al on Monday in what appears to be an escalation of cyberbattles between Israelis and pro-Palestinian hackers. Three Israeli banks were also attacked.
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Data Plunderers Run Off With Zappos Customer Info January 16, 2012 
Thieves have made off with personally identifying data on 24 million customers of online shoe and apparel retailer Zappos. Announcing the hack on Sunday, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh said that the thieves broke into the company's system through one of its servers in Kentucky. Although customers' personal data was stolen, the secure database that stores their credit card and other payment data remained untouched, Hsieh said.
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gTLD Security Threat Less Than Meets the Eye January 16, 2012 
Despite the pleas of some regulators and the advertising industry, the overlords of the Internet -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers -- plunged forward last week with its plan to drastically expand the number of generic top level domains on the Net.
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Washington Does the Security Watusi January 10, 2012 
With the apparent resurgence of hacker community Anonymous, as well as concerns that cybercriminals may have recently penetrated the networks of a number of small utilities, two United States federal government initiatives to improve cybersecurity were launched this past week.
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Symantec Source Code Scattered to the Winds January 09, 2012 
Source code for two security applications from Symantec has been stolen and posted on the Web. The hackers claiming responsibility, who call themselves the "Lords of Dharmaraja," say they obtained code for the Norton Antivirus application. However, it appears they actually got their hands on code for two enterprise products, Symantec End Point 11 and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.2 instead.
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No Shelter From a Cybercrime Storm January 03, 2012 
The Anonymous hacker collective has run riot this holiday season, and security experts predict more pain from cybercriminals at large for the coming year. Anonymous announced earlier that it had also cracked the systems of gear vendor SpecialForces.com.
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Anonymous Implicated in 'Robin Hood' Hack on Christmas Day December 27, 2011 
Hackers claiming to belong to the Anonymous hacking community broke into the servers of private think tank Stratfor over the holiday weekend. They stole thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information, and also claim to have stolen the company's list of confidential clients. This includes organizations such as the United States Air Force and the Miami Police Department.
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Chamber Raid: Hackers Target US Commerce Lobby December 27, 2011 
As the U.S. government continues to pound out proposals for getting its IT security ducks in a row, it appears it's not the only party in Washington, D.C., to have a problem with network intrusion. IT systems belonging to the lobbying group the United States Chamber of Commerce were breached by hackers using servers located in China, according to a recent report.
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Security Legislation: A Rat's Nest of Agendas December 20, 2011 
The United States government launched initiatives this past week to enhance cybersecurity, but these efforts may add to the confusion around the issue in federal government circles. One development involves the unveiling of the Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act by the U.S. House of Representatives' Homeland Security Committee.
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