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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."
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".
Hard-working phishers? What? Did we cross over into the Twilight Zone, here?
Screw the rules, I have green hair!
Suddenly sounds like they are all bankers to me.
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.
Regards, Phil
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.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
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If that's what they tought you in biology, I don't want to know what they tought you in sex-ed...
If a train station is a place where a train stops, what's a workstation?
I am not a lawyer (and I use Acronyms sparingly), but stealing accounts from other phishers may be a DMCA violation!!!
"If a boss demands loyalty, give him integrity. But if he demands integrity, give him loyalty." (John Boyd, 1927-1997)
If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate
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
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
"This old saw?" That predates the Jargon File!
Until, of course, we get to The Great A'Tuin.
"This post contains words, known to the State of California to cause thought. Wash brain thoroughly after reading."
Is this a Markov chain text generator or something?
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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