Hacker-smasher: White hats join forces to build bot-beating weapon

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Aug 8, 2012 8:17 PM EDT
The Register; By Matt Asay
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In Hollywood, the good guys nearly always win. In information security, the bad guys ("black hats") often win, in large part because the bad guys know how to collaborate much better than the good guys ("white hats"). Until now. From Lulzsec to Chaos Computer Club, hackers increasingly band together to spring sophisticated attacks on websites, mobile applications, and more, while the white hats have mostly failed to coordinate a robust defence.

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