All told, Kaspersky Lab said that a total of 30, 749, 066 vulnerable programs and files were detected on computers using the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), with an average of 8 different vulnerabilities detected on each affected computer.

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As promised, Backtrace Security, a group of pseudonymous hackers formerly associated with the hacker collective Anonymous, published files earlier this week on BacktraceSecurity.com containing what the group says are identifying details and communication records of members of Anonymous.

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Stuxnet's creators are likely, according to the analysis produced by security firm Symantec, to have needed to get hold of SSL certificates in order to create files that had been "digitally signed to avoid suspicion".

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While the virtual machines cut costs and save energy, they also raise questions about data leakage as well as whether a customer would ever find out files have been breached, said Jim Reavis, executive director of Cloud Security Alliance, a non-profit advocated for cloud security standards.

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Keller adds his claim to two other hacking allegations against WikiLeaks in just the past week: Tiversa, a small security firm based in Pennsylvania, told Bloomberg that WikiLeaks had actively grabbed as many as half of its files from unwitting users on peer-to-peer filesharing networks.

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The confirmation came after Lulz Security, a loosely aligned group of hackers, said it had carried out the attack for fun and posted files online.

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