Thursday May 24, 2012 3:58 PM AEST

Hackers new target

By Staff Writers
00:00 Jan 1, 1900
Tags: Hackers | new | target

Computer hackers are plotting to target laptops, phones and other devices in a bid to infect them with the kind of malicious viruses have caused havoc for PC users.

It was boasted at Def Con, the notorious hackers convention which took

Computer hackers are plotting to target laptops, phones and other devices in a bid to infect them with the kind of malicious viruses have caused havoc for PC users.

It was boasted at Def Con, the notorious hackers convention which took place in Las Vegas last week, it was only a matter of months before programs would be perfected that could bring down entire phone networks. Japanese giant NTT DoCoMo has already warned users about a worm that could infect your cellphone and automatically dial numbers from their internal phone lists.

It is believed that although they're just eavesdropping now six months from now we're likely to encounter real problems.

Apart from such threats, the latest Def Con gathering was deemed far more pedestrian than its predecessors. In previous years what else could you possibly have been doing if you weren't pouring cement down toilets and letting off smoke bombs in hotel rooms.

This year in experienced hackers were simply teaching newcomers to transfer their shameless skills into the corporate arena and warning them of life of crime other attractions included high-tech capture the Flag games which participants had penetrate rival networks and protect their own.
 
 
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