Comments on: Cybergangs use cheap labor to break codes on social sites http://lastwatchdog.com/cybergangs-cheap-labor-break-codes-social-sites/ on Internet security by Byron Acohido Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:38:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Uri Rivner http://lastwatchdog.com/cybergangs-cheap-labor-break-codes-social-sites/#comment-418 Uri Rivner Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:11:01 +0000 http://lastwatchdog.com/?p=1599#comment-418 For years the arms race was between CAPTCHAs and software algorithms trying to break them, but when determined crime groups hire human beings to crack CAPTCHAs, those relying on the technology to protect their business from misuse had better evolve their defenses. A few years ago I encountered a CAPTACH solving technique that does not even require the bad guys to pay one cent to those who solve it. If you're interested in finding out what it is, read "Fooling anti-automation filters" which is the last section in my Aug 2006 Speaking of Security post http://www.rsa.com/blog/blog_entry.aspx?id=1121 Amazing stuff, Byron :) For years the arms race was between CAPTCHAs and software algorithms trying to break them, but when determined crime groups hire human beings to crack CAPTCHAs, those relying on the technology to protect their business from misuse had better evolve their defenses.

A few years ago I encountered a CAPTACH solving technique that does not even require the bad guys to pay one cent to those who solve it. If you’re interested in finding out what it is, read “Fooling anti-automation filters” which is the last section in my Aug 2006 Speaking of Security post http://www.rsa.com/blog/blog_entry.aspx?id=1121

Amazing stuff, Byron :)

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