iTunes as Hacker Tool

By C.K. Sample, III

Reuters is reporting that hackers are no longer solely targeting Windows boxes as vulnerable playgrounds upon which to wreck their havoc. It turns out that several anti-virus programs (HA!) and various media players like iTunes are choice targets for hackers these days; evidently, according to a study by the nonprofit SANS Institute, these types of programs revealed more vulnerabilities than Operating Systems which have started to more diligently plug potential holes.

[via iPod Hacks] 

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