In Pictures: Hackers in the limelight. Scenes from Black Hat 2012
The annual security fest featured thrills and chills as the pros did their best to make everyone feel afraid
Alonso's poisoned JavaScript exploit makes hackers happy
Spanish security researcher Chema Alonso created a proxy server that poisoned JavaScript files that flowed through the server and eavesdropped on user communications. Just by posting on a list of proxy servers, Alonso compromised the communications of some 4,000 machines, discovering that phishers, spammers, and other fraudsters had quickly started using the system.
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