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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 299 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: russian serfs paid day break captchas comments Discuss  
Semi-automated attack or chain-mail gangWhy should miscreants bother to develop cutting edge programming techniques when they can pay $3 to somebody to set up spam-ready webmail accounts on their behalf? Evidence has emerged that people as well as malware are being used to defeat CAPTCHAs, challenge-response systems that are often used to stop the automatic creation of webmail accounts by spammers.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 273 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: get paid back doors comments Discuss  
A security research and training group is offering up to $20,000 in grants to anyone with computer programming chops who can help locate and close hidden "back doors" in commercial hardware and software. According to the Bethesda, Md.-based SANS Institute -- the group offering the grants, hundreds of millions of devices -- from printers to Internet routers and storage systems -- are being placed on networks with built-in back doors. Software and hardware makers have...Please click on the title to continue read more »
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