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The Seven Types of Hackers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the partridge-in-a-pair-tree dept.

Bruce Schneier's blog links to a nifty article listing the seven types of malicious hackers. The list is: Cyber criminals; Spammers and adware spreaders; Advanced persistent threat (APT) agents; Corporate spies; Hactivists; Cyber warriors; and Rogue hackers.

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  1. Missing option by blair1q · · Score: 5, Funny

    8) Website devs who force simple articles to split unnecessarily across multiple webpages. They're in it for clicks and ad revenue, essentially scamming multiple banner-ad buyers into paying for the same article read. Here's an example.

  2. Re:Missed some by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're just being paranoid. Those government agencies don't exist. And if you don't believe me, just ask them.

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    I am officially gone from /. Long live http://www.soylentnews.com/
  3. Maybe you should have an editor read this one, Rog by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    "If you think simply having a buffer overflow, fully patched systems, and antivirus will defend against all hackers no matter their objectives, you're wrong."

    Um, if you think that a buffer overflow is supposed to defend you, then you're even more wrong.

  4. Re:innacurate re: wikileaks by gearsmithy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well we know Assange isn't a hacker... we have evidence to suggest that he's be laid at least twice.