Joost Pol and Daan Keuper, of Certified Secure, exploited a WebKit vulnerability to launch a drive-by-download to hijack the address book, photos, videos, and browsing history from a fully patched iPhone 4S, ZDNet reported on Wednesday. The pair demonstrated their attack at the Mobile Pwn2Own competition in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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(Reuters) - Executive search company Korn/Ferry International Inc said its computer network had been hacked, making it the latest in a list of firms that have been the target of sophisticated cyber attacks in recent months. Korn/Ferry said it had taken steps to contain the impact of the breach and was investigating the source of the attack. The company, which has offices in 40 countries, said the intrusion falls in the category of an "advanced persistent threat", a term used to describe cyber attacks that employ sophisticated techniques and tools to access databases. ...

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Hackers broke into a prominent Russian opposition leader's Twitter and email accounts, sending his followers abusive messages.

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