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Point and Click Cracking

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the these-kids-have-it-too-easy-nowadays dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Washingtonpost.com is running a story about a number of botnets and keylogger operations being controlled by Web-sites with point-and-click type front-end software interfaces. The sites mentioned in the story look like fairly slick PHP pages designed to sort through password data from keylog victims and update infected computers with new code or instructions. From the story: 'The hacking software also features automated tools that allow the fraudsters to make minute adjustments or sweeping changes to their networks of hacked PCs. With the click of a mouse or a drag on a pull-down menu, users can add or delete files on infected computers.'"

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  1. php? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    wouldn't happen with .net!

  2. It's about time by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 3, Funny

    We've had decent network admin tools for the enterprise for a long time now. It's about time we had the same thing for botnets. ;-)

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  3. Re:Stupid Innuendo by shmlco · · Score: 2, Funny

    And now an extra 15,000 script-kiddie-wanna-be's also know. Thanks.

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  4. Re:Most of the problem is the users by martinultima · · Score: 2, Funny
    “And Linux is so hard to use it requires a ten year training course just to get to a login window!”


    Actually, today's fully modern distributions have greatly improved – it only takes nine!
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