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    The multifunction printers found in many offices are not dumb devices, but are computers that can be hacked, a security expert has warned.

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    Cisco Systems' customers received e-mails on Wednesday from the networking company advising them of a security breach of its Web site.

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    Internet Security Systems has hit back at critics who have accused the company of hypocrisy and thuggish behaviour following a former employee's disclosure of a serious vulnerability in Cisco Systems' router operating system.

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    A hacker group releases code designed to exploit a widespread Windows flaw, paving the way for a major worm attack as soon as this weekend, security researchers warn.

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