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The Washington Post has an interesting story about Web sites that sell hacking services — such as the ability to hack into a person’s Web-based e-mail account (Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, etc.) … When the target opens the link, software is installed on his or her computer that snatches the password the next time it’s typed in and sends it to the hacker. Web-based e-mail, such as Google’s gmail and Yahoo, can also be attacked through bugs in the Web browser, Eckersley said. …
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