HACKERS are taking aim at Apple products like iPhones and MacBooks as they gain popularity across the world, security experts say. Hackers have traditionally targeted computers running Microsoft Windows because more than 90 per cent of the global

iGoogle gadgets a security risk, say hackers - News.com.au
HACKERS turned computer security specialists have accused Google of setting users up for online disasters by letting them personalise their home pages with applications that could be tainted. Software that people can be tricked into installing on

Blogs a growing target for site hackers - Guardian Unlimited
Barry Welford considers himself lucky. The weekend he decided one of his blogs, Staygolinks.com , needed a cleanup was the same time a hacker chose to splatter the site with a host of unwanted pages. “I was doing something I don’t normally do

Caucasus foes fight cyber war - BBC Europe
Armed with computers, unseen ranks of hackers are fanning conflict in the Caucasus. Internet users in Russia and Georgia have attacked vital websites in each other’s countries, in a virtual echo of battles being fought on the ground by troops and

Hackers want to be your (malicious) friend - USA Today
SAN FRANCISCO Facebook isn’t just popular with consumers and marketers. Hackers are finding flaws in computer-programming language JavaScript and planting malicious code in the profiles on the popular social-networking site and its rivals. Once

Boston Subway hackers fight gag - Berkshire Eagle
BOSTON An attorney for three MIT students who allegedly hacked into the MBTA’s automated fare system asked a federal judge yesterday to lift a gag order that prevents the students from talking about how they got inside the system. The

Russian hackers attack Georgian Web sites - MSNBC
NEW YORK - Attacks by Russian hackers against Georgian Web sites, including one hosted in the United States, continued Tuesday even as Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered a halt to hostilities against Georgia. Tom Burling, acting chief

Three MIT student hackers remain under gag order - Overthelimit.info
Washington (OTL) - Three MIT students have been told that the gag order placed against them after they hacked the MBTA ticketing security system, will remain in place. A federal judge in Boston ruled on Thursday that their findings will remain a

Russia-Georgia conflict still raging on Web - Atlanta Journal Constitution
New York As Russian tanks roll through Georgia, the assault is continuing in another realm: cyberspace, where hackers are waging war on Georgian Web sites, e-mail and communication services. About 20 Georgian government, banking and media sites

Defcon: Where feds and hackers rub elbows - ZDNet
It’s an unlikely pairing: security officials and underground hackers. Every year, they make peace and share information at Defcon, Black Hat’s sister conference. CNET’s Kara Tsuboi reports from the 16th annual event that begins in Las Vegas this

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