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The 802.1X security standard for wireless LANs has two gaping holes that will give hackers a field day, according to researchers in the US.
As of last weekend, it has become a crime in Germany to build, sell, obtain or distribute so-called "hacking tools", which experts say will damage overall computer security by severely curtailing legitimate research and analysis, and prevent "good" hackers from discovering and plugging system security holes.
A blogger claiming to have written a worm -- called Rape.osx -- for Apple Mac OS X has received death threats.
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The 802.1X security standard for wireless LANs has two gaping holes that will give hackers a field day, according to researchers in the US.
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