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Hackers vs. Phishers

An anonymous reader writes "Some hackers out there don't like to do all the hard work of running a successful phishing campaign. Instead, they developed a simple online service to 'steal' account details from the hard-working phishers. Named AutoWhaler, the service allows anyone to scan a phishing server for log files that contain juicy information such as usernames and passwords."

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  1. Parasites are everywhere, for natural reasons by MathiasRav · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news, some Slashdot users don't like to do all the hard work of writing inspiring posts to build karma. Instead, they developed a simple online service to 'steal' karma from the hardworking posters. The service allows anyone to scan Slashdot articles for underrated comments and automatically post replies urging moderators to "mod parent up".

    1. Re:Parasites are everywhere, for natural reasons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      No it's not.

    2. Re:Parasites are everywhere, for natural reasons by smitty777 · · Score: 5, Funny

      That is the most asinine, idiotic comment I have ever read. If your intellect was 1/8th of mine, you would simply burn your keyboard and never show your face on /. again. I shall now go back to reveling in my own smugness - the rest of you may continue the conversation.

      *...I hope the mods have a sense of humor this morning*

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      Albert Einstein
    3. Re:Parasites are everywhere, for natural reasons by commodore64_love · · Score: 2, Funny

      STATUS
      SYMBOLS=62
      SPEED=30
      PROGRAM
      1 PRINT "NO IT'S NOT."
      2 GOTO 1

      http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Basicprogramming.png

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      "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
    4. Re:Parasites are everywhere, for natural reasons by Zibben · · Score: 1, Funny

      I got bored at Exac..OOO Shiny!!!! =) Oddly enough the first post I ever made on here was modded Funny yet I have Bad Karma from it.

  2. Wait a second, here. by Runefox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hard-working phishers? What? Did we cross over into the Twilight Zone, here?

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    1. Re:Wait a second, here. by j1r3 · · Score: 1, Funny

      Nope, more like the Scary Door.

  3. Thieves stealing from thieves. by captainpanic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Suddenly sounds like they are all bankers to me.

  4. I can see the poll now... by philipmather · · Score: 2, Funny

    In a web 3.0 show-down who would win?

    1) Hackers.
    2) Pirates.
    3) Phishers.
    4) Ninjas.
    5) The Man.
    5) Cowboy Neal.

    Missing option being a tag-team of Chuck Norris and Angelina Jolie.

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    Regards, Phil
  5. Dag-nabbit! by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    These young hackers causing all this hutinanity and without any real work.

    Back in my days youngans, Hacking or cracking as it was sometimes called, while still illegal was something to be respected, you had to know what you were doing to break into a system and the harder the break-in the more respect you got... Now todays you kids got all comerical and you can break into computers without having the break into them. You just ask someone for the passwords and they give them to you... Dag-nabbit that is not hacking that sounds like politicians to me.

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    If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
    1. Re:Dag-nabbit! by Xacid · · Score: 4, Funny

      Two words "Process Improvement".

    2. Re:Dag-nabbit! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Let's hope they take it all the way to CMMI Level 5. Then we won't have to worry any more - they'll be too busy working on their process documents to steal.

      Anon because I work at a CMMI-5 company...

  6. "mod parent up" by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    "mod parent up" This comment was generated by HackBot 01928

  7. Re:Yup... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There is always a bigger phish.

      -- Qui-Gon Jinn

    There, fixed that for you

  8. Re:Hackers and phishers by soccerisgod · · Score: 5, Funny

    If that's what they tought you in biology, I don't want to know what they tought you in sex-ed...

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  9. Parasites have parasites by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    "Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
    And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.
    And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on,
    While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on."

  10. Into the Octogon with them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hackers vs. Phishers.

    Two go in. One comes out.

  11. I think this is a grave offence. by gadget+junkie · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am not a lawyer (and I use Acronyms sparingly), but stealing accounts from other phishers may be a DMCA violation!!!

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    "If a boss demands loyalty, give him integrity. But if he demands integrity, give him loyalty." (John Boyd, 1927-1997)
  12. Re:The hunter becomes the hunted by Publikwerks · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate

  13. Re:Hacker culture by commodore64_love · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes. If you're going to steal, then steal from a known thief, because he's unlikely to go to the cops and report you.

    Same applies to shopping on ebay

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    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
  14. Re:misuse of the term 'hacker' by fishtorte · · Score: 2, Funny

    "This old saw?" That predates the Jargon File!

  15. Re:I Had to comment this has bothered me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sometimes I convince myself that this person's wall of text/stream of conciseness will say something insightful or meaningful, and I should read it.

    So I read it.
    - Learn to proof read
    - Learn to focus on a single topic
    - Please do not have any more children

    I'm sad that someone choose to marry you, and I really doubt that anyone cares about your mommy/daddy issues.

  16. Re:Hackers and phishers by natehoy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Until, of course, we get to The Great A'Tuin.

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  17. Re:Inventivity? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It is perfectly cromulant to embiggen ones vocabulary.

  18. Re:I Had to comment this has bothered me by ChienAndalu · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is this a Markov chain text generator or something?

  19. Sex ed by nacturation · · Score: 2, Funny

    Adults chat in the online world,
      decide to meet for coffee.
    To great effect she did a-twirl,
      sparks fly that scare Khadafi.
    Until one day she chatted coy,
      paid nary a thought to time.
    Turns out it was a 12 year old,
      they charged her with a crime.

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