ReCAPTCHA.net Now Vulnerable to Algorithmic Attack

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 5, 2010 @08:59AM 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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Re:Offtopic by stephanruby · 2010-08-05 09:20 · Score: 0, Redundant

A Firefox extension is not the same thing as a plugin.
Firefox plugins ***used*** to be called Firefox extensions. You must just be too young to know this.
Re:My eyes! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-08-05 11:23 · Score: -1, Redundant

What about getting the series correct? It was The Simpsons.
Re:Bad Hacking by orange47 · 2010-08-05 18:02 · Score: 0, Redundant

no, not just spammers. millions of people would be free of it.