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• VMware source code stolen, impact unclear

  By Tim Greene | 26 April, 2012 08:28

  VMware ESX source code has been stolen and posted online, but the company says its virtualization platform doesn't necessarily pose an increased risk to customers.

• Microsoft offers big anti-hacking prize

  By AAP | 04 August, 2011 09:10

  Microsoft has kicked off a contest aimed at turning the tables on hackers by offering big money prizes for innovative tactics to foil cyber attacks.

• Lockheed Martin fends off IT network attack

  By AAP | 30 May, 2011 11:11

  Top US defence contractor, Lockheed Martin, said that it had successfully warded off "a significant and tenacious" attack on its information systems network.

• Personal data of Massachusetts' unemployed stolen

  By Tim Greene | 19 May, 2011 07:47

  As if being unemployed isn't bad enough, 210,000 unemployed residents of Massachusetts may have had personal data about them stolen from the state agency that is supposed to be helping them out.

• yARN: Sony I forgive you - and I'll take the free games too

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 17 May, 2011 12:34

  I have a new Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) account password, patched my PS3 to the new firmware and I’m back online shooting at real people, rather that poor AI in Crysis 2.

• Year of the breach

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 05 May, 2011 16:15

  The security industry has been rocked by a near-constant stream of breaches and threats in 2011, and it’s having a real impact on security resellers’ business and customer interaction, but in a very positive way.

• Updated: yARN: Do customers care when there's a big security breach like the Sony Playstation assault?

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 27 April, 2011 12:31

  One of the bigger consumer news stories over the Easter long weekend was the very large-scale hacker assault on the Sony PlayStation and Qriocity networks. ‘Large scale’ to the extent that 75 million accounts are potentially affected, and all kinds of personal data, from billing addresses through to credit cards, potentially compromised.

• Apache project server hacked, passwords compromised

  By Robert McMillan | 15 April, 2010 05:46

  Hackers broke into a server used by the Apache Software Foundation to keep track of software bugs.

• Twitter application Grader.com hacked

  By Robert McMillan | 12 February, 2010 07:50

  A popular Twitter application used to measure the influence of Twitter users has been hacked and used to send spam messages.

• TOR issues updated software after server breach

  By Jeremy Kirk | 25 January, 2010 06:28

  The TOR Project is advising users to upgrade to a new version of the software following a hack that compromised three of its servers.

• Security researcher IDs China link in Google hack

  By Robert McMillan | 21 January, 2010 06:22

  The malicious software used to steal information from companies such as Google contains code that links it to China, a security researcher said Tuesday

• Ballmer: Microsoft will stay in China

  By Nancy Gohring | 15 January, 2010 10:45

  Microsoft does not plan to follow Google’s lead in pulling out of China, the software giant’s CEO told news outlets on Thursday.

• China emphasizes laws as Google defies censorship

  By Owen Fletcher | 15 January, 2010 06:33

  China said Thursday that foreign Internet companies are welcome to operate in the country in accordance with local laws, after Google defied authorities by saying it will end censorship on its Chinese search engine.

• Hackers used rigged PDFs to hit Google -- and Adobe, says researcher

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 January, 2010 06:52

  Adobe today confirmed that the cyberattack that hit its corporate network earlier this month was connected to the large-scale attacks Google cited yesterday as one reason it might abandon China.

• McAfee peddles wares to millions in Facebook deal

  By Darren Pauli | 13 January, 2010 16:01

  McAfee has beat off rivals in a deal with Facebook which will allow it to promote its security suite to the website’s 350 million users and make it mandatory for victims of compromised accounts to use its online scanning tool.