Earthtimes - HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 29 A line of Sony Electronics Inc. USB flash drives installs files in a hidden folder that hackers can get into, a Finnish security company said. The fingerprint-reader software included with the Sony MicroVault USM-F line

Hackers hit New Zealand Herald website
Stuff - PWNED: The NZ Herald’s website has been hit by hackers who replaced an article on the future of the internet with a parody promoting an upcoming hackers conference. The New Zealand Herald’s website fell victim to a page spoofing stunt earlier today

The iPhone would be better if it were open
TechWorld - It is hard to blame Apple for not being able to lock out the hackers , especially when they have your device in their hands, but to me, it would have been far better for Apple to sell a version of the iPhone that admits it is a computer running a good

Even suspected hackers won’t spoil the Wen-Merkel game
Monsters and Critics - Beijing - China’s prime minister sounds a bit like an accountant, but friendly nevertheless, when he lists the number of talks he has had with the German chancellor. He has had no less than four personal meetings and five telephone conversations with

Hackers, crackers and feds
Norman Transcript - Our newspaper computer columnist recently returned from an annual conference in Las Vegas. There’s a proper name for it somewhere but he simply refers to it as the gathering of “Hackers, Crackers and Feds.” Those entities share lots of synergy

Sony software makes PC vulnerable to hackers
Xinhua News Agency - BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhuanet) — Sony’s MicroVault USB memory stick and fingerprint reader includes software that creates a hidden directory on the computer’s hard drive and can make personal computers vulnerable to attack by computer hackers, media

Law backs Iphone hackers
The Inquirer - APPLE AND AT&T might be talking tough to the people who are hacking its iPhone but they might find that the law is against them. According to Business Week , AT&T and Apple may face an uphill battle prosecuting hackers who unlock the iPhone from AT&T

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