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Hackers vs. Phishers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the better-than-predator-vs-alien dept.

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

    Suddenly sounds like they are all bankers to me.

  4. 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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    1. Re:Dag-nabbit! by Xacid · · Score: 4, Funny

      Two words "Process Improvement".

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

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

  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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

  9. 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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