Friday, January 21, 2011

Article:Fighting back against web attacks

Hi-tech criminals are not very good at securing the tools they use to attack websites, suggests research.

Security experts have found that many of the kits used by cyber criminals are riddled with bugs and vulnerabilities.

Exploiting the bugs might mean that the attack tools can be turned against those using them.

The bugs found by the researchers could be used to identify who is using the tools and even launch a counter-attack.
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