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11/05/2011

BBC Radio Scotland - The Crack Team

Louise Welsh becomes a computer hacker for the day at Abertay University in Dundee.

Computers are part of everyday life, but how safe are they? Almost everyone carries a powerful computer with them - a mobile phone. What steps should we take to protect ourselves?

Create a new computer virus that can't be detected by anti virus software or hack into a website or a mobile phone. That's the type of task that might be set in the Ethical Hacking lab at Abertay University in Dundee where students are taught how to attack computer systems in order to protect them.

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