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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. 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.