Around The Horn vol.1,21

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Security News

Jan 25, 2009 (18 hours ago)
Solving CAPTCHA with HTML5 canvas, JavaScript and neural network

from CGISecurity - Website and Application Security News by Romain Gaucher
Solving CAPTCHA with neural networks is not new; this is actually a glorified OCR... What is new, is to do it in JavaScript using the new HTML5 canvas capabilities and pre-calibrated neural network. John Resig, creator of jQuery, analyzes a very neat piece of GreaseMonkey script which cracks CAPTCHA using new...

1:04 AM (4 hours ago)
List of Famous Hackers in Computer History Both White Hat and Black Hat

from Darknet - The Darkside by Darknet
This is a very complete list, probably the most complete one I’ve seen and it includes pictures - pictures of people who rarely have their pictures taken or allow them out on the Internet. The list is according to the proper original definition of a Hacker, as taken from the New Hacker’s Dictionary: A person who enjoys [...]

Jan 25, 2009 (20 hours ago)
Cybercrooks Target Social Networks

from PC World Latest Technology News
Phishing schemes and Trojans are showing up in greater numbers on social networking sites, security researchers say.

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