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Following a series of highly publicized cyber attacks that occurred over the holidays, Stratfor today launched a rebuilt version of its website.During the attacks, hackers stole and released personal information of Stratfor customers, including credit card data and hashed passwords. Attackers also managed to destroy company servers in what, Stratfor says, appeared to be an attempt to silence the company.

Latest Enchancements Help Developers Make Android Devices More Secure and More Enterprise-ready.Mocana, a vendor that centers itself on smart device security, announced on Wednesday that it has released two products updates aimed at helping developers secure devices running Android 4.x “Ice Cream Sandwich”. One product protects data-at-rest (DAR), while the other offers a stable VPN client for remote connections from Android devices.

Lawsuit Alleges That Symantec's Lineup of Performance Utilities are “Scareware”, and Designed to Report Problems, Even if None Exist.

The "Lords of Dharmaraja", the same group of hackers who claimed to have compromised systems maintained by India’s Military Intelligence, leading to threats of exposing Symantec source code and details surrounding intercept operations that leveraged

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California announced on Tuesday that Eric McNeal, 38, of Atlanta, Georgia, had been sentenced for “hacking” into a competing medical practice and accessing the personal information of patients in order to send marketing materials to the patients.McNeal, who pleaded guilty to the charge on September 2011, was sentenced thirteen months in prison and three years of supervised release, along with 120 hours of community service.

ThreatMetrix, a provider of technologies to help organizations thwart cybercrime, on Tuesday said that it has acquired TrustDefender, an Australian-based company that offers “secure browsing technology” designed to protect against malware and stop attacks including man-in-the-browser (MitB) attacks.

Microsoft and Adobe Systems released a bevy of patches today to plug security holes in their products.Only one of the month’s seven Microsoft Patch Tuesday bulletins is rated ‘critical’; the others are considered ‘important.’ The critical bulletin covers two vulnerabilities affecting Windows Media Player. If exploited, both could enable an attacker to execute code remotely with the same rights as the local user.

Splunk, the fast growing provider of software that helps organizations gather and make use of machine data from a diverse set of sources, today launched the latest release of its flagship product, Splunk Enterprise.

SOPA and PIPA Raise Substantial Barriers to DNSSEC Adoption, Which will Lead to a Less Secure Internet.

Data diodes can create architectural complexity despite design simplicity of the data diodes themselves, but do they increase security?

A cyber-crime operation using the SpyEye Trojan was spotted around the holidays with a new trick up its sleeve for dodging detection.According to Trusteer, fraudsters targeting online bankers were observed attempting to cover their digital tracks on infected computers by concealing their unauthorized transactions.

Less than a year after its previous release, Oracle today announced a new release of Oracle Database Firewall, the database giant’s solution to improve enterprise database security and help enterprises prevent internal and external attacks from reaching their databases.

Last week, the Lords of Dharmaraja made headlines by exposing their work to the world, after claiming to have breached systems used by India’s military intelligence. They released old source code from Symantec, and API documentation as proof. However, over the weekend it was learned that they also released a memo documenting India’s intercept program, and the role that Research in Motion, Apple, and Nokia play in it.

2011 was a landmark year to say the least, in terms of network security and the overall evolution of malware, and there are no indications that things will slow down anytime soon. With that in mind lets embark on that traditional new year exercise and predict a few of the trends we’re likely to see in 2012.The Malware Arms Race Will Continue to Accelerate

NetQin Mobile, a China-based provider of consumer-focused mobile security software, has undergone a name change. The company is now rolling with the name "NQ Mobile", the brand that it will use to conduct all of its international business. Officially, the company will change its corporate name from NetQin Mobile, Inc. to NQ Mobile, Inc.