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ReCAPTCHA.net Now Vulnerable to Algorithmic Attack

Posted by timothy on from the bless-you! dept.

n3ond4x writes "reCAPTCHA.net algorithms have been developed to solve the current CAPTCHA at an efficacy of 30%. The algorithms were disclosed at DEFCON 18 over the weekend and have since been made available online. Also available is a video demonstration of random reCAPTCHA.net CAPTCHAs being subjected to the algorithms." There's probably an excellent Firefox plugin to render this page's color scheme more bearable. Note: the PowerPoint presentation linked opens fine in OpenOffice, and the video speaks for itself.

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  1. Offtopic by bcmm · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Obvious technical errors in summaries bother me more than spelling/grammar errors.

    A Firefox extension is not the same thing as a plugin.

    --
    # cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i llama
    Damn, my RAM is full of llamas.