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Attacks such as the ones detailed by McAfee this week in a report are frequent and hard to detect
Version 4.0 of the Metasploit exploitation framework adds more tools for penetration testers and IT security professionals
The groups could become an even greater concern if higher-skilled hackers lend a hand
The organizations included defense contractors, governments and businesses
The tool capitalizes on a long-known issue in how FireWire can be used to read a computer's memory
The malware can now apparently detect transaction monitoring systems use to protect online banking sessions
But the hacker collective said it won't release e-mails allegedly hacked from The Sun tabloid just yet
Swartz allegedly broke into the network to download millions of scholarly documents, the DOJ says
The vulnerabilities could allow a hacker to remotely install malware on a device running iOS
Research by McAfee points to a DDoS attack on South Korea by its northern neighbor