One-in-four hackers runs Opera to ward off other criminals

[renegade08]

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Hackers using multi-exploit attack "toolkits" take defensive measures of their own against other criminals, a security researcher said today.

"Exploit kit operators do use mainstream browsers, but they're much more likely to use Opera than the average user, because they know that the browser isn't targeted by other hackers," said Paul Royal, a principal security researcher with Atlanta-based Purewire.

While the most generous Web measurements peg Opera, a browser made by Norwegian company Opera Software, at a 2% share of the global market, 26% of the hackers who Purewire identified use the far-from-popular application." }-

Story (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136920/One_in_four_hackers_runs_Opera_to_ward_off_other_criminals?source=rss_news)

[StevieO]

Funny really, bad guys can't trust other bad guys lol.

But interesting that some of them take precautions. Not all hackers/coders/malware writers are stupid, in fact quite a number of them are VERY bright.

[kriebly]

I sense a Trident gum commercial in the making.

[noone_particular]

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In other words, 75% of them use something else.

[lotuseclat79]

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I wonder what that other browser is? Firefox with NoScript and a gaggle of other add-ons no doubt, eh?

-- Tom

[noone_particular]

Or another Gecko based browser, SeaMonkey or K-Meleon, Proxomitron out front, running in a sandbox or virtual OS. If they're really concerned about their internet security, they're probably not running Windows.