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Hacker Attacks Apple Fan Blogs

Malcor wants to reduce the Apple "fanboyism"

By Bogdan Popa, Security and Search Engines Editor

28th of November 2007, 13:35 GMT

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Apple is one of the companies which were often avoided by hacks and viruses because most of the infections were focused on Microsoft's Windows and not on Mac OS X
or Apple technologies. But the Cupertino company is now affected by a series of hacks targeting the Apple fan blogs that are accused of "fanboyism" as the attacker said in the messages posted on the affected websites. "This website has been flagged for excessive Apple fanboism, and has been take down for 24 hours. This is a message to the rest of the Mac community, so listen up. Ever heard of hubris? Tone it down, and you will not be attacked. Everyone else is open game," the message signed by malcor reads.

The hacker even created a blog to mention and describe the attacks. However, it seems like Malcor's blog is down at the time of writing this article. However, the folks at The Register managed to access it before it was shut down and published some snippets posted by Malcor.

"And make no mistake, I don't mean to imply that I'm the worlds [sic] greatest hacker and can work my magic on any site," Malcor wrote on the blog according to the source mentioned above. Moreover, it seems like the hacker has some enthusiastic plans to attack famous websites with millions of visitors. "The #1 site I'd love to take down for all its Apple fanboism is digg.com but I doubt I'll be able to find any exploit holes on a site so big."

The attacks are not so dangerous because the only thing the hacker did was to post a picture and a message on the affected websites. However, this is another proof that the blogs need improved security as many of them can be hacked in no time.

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