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• Google a favourite among hackers too

  The world's favourite search engine is one of the handiest tools for hackers, said a security expert on Thursday.

• Hackers plan global game of 'capture the flag'

  If everything goes as planned, for 72 hours next February hackers from all over the United States will hit targets across the Internet in the largest mass attack to date.

• E-voting critic calls on hackers to expose flaws

  Electronic voting systems have major security problems and hackers should make it their mission to find the flaws, an e-voting critic told security researchers on Thursday.

• Gmail glitch yields access to messages

  A problem with Google's e-mail service, Gmail, let any user query the company's servers for information on the last message sent, two hackers announced on Wednesday.

• Hackers look to hide communications

  Hackers intent on anonymously sending data across the Internet have a new tool.

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• Hackers organise vandalism contest

  A call for online vandals to take part in a Web site defacement contest has some companies warning clients to beware over the US holiday weekend.

• Hacker code could unleash Windows worm

  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.

• UPDATE: New worm poised to unleash hell on MS

  A worm that takes advantage of what some security experts describe as the most widespread Windows flaw ever has started spreading, while new analysis has uncovered a time bomb in the worm's code poised to unleash a furious denial of service attack at Microsoft itself.

• Security pro: Windows easier to 'own'

  Microsoft has been waiting for security researchers to say that its Windows operating system has a lower total cost of ownership. One finally has, but that's not good news.

• Oracle plans to patch pack of flaws

  Database software maker Oracle promised on Tuesday in the US to quickly make patches available for the more than 30 flaws found by a British security researcher.

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• Microsoft moves beyond patches

  Conceding that its strategy of patching Windows holes as they emerge has not worked, Microsoft plans next week to outline a new security effort focused on what the company calls "securing the perimeter," a company executive said.

• Windows Server 2003 gets first patch

  Less than two months after launching its Windows Server 2003 operating system, Microsoft has released a security patch to fix a vulnerability that could let malicious sites run damaging code on the server.

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