renegade08
August 29th, 2009, 09:15 PM
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Posted by Matthew Hines
August 26, 2009
Malware and spam rates may not be on the decline, but a survey of hackers attending the DEFCON 17 conference in Las Vegas earlier this month found that many members of the underground cyber-economy work less during Q3 before ramping up their efforts again during Q4 ahead of the holiday season.
Experts have noted for years that attacks seem to take off once the summer ends and college kids go back to school, but even the post-graduate hacker set appears to take some vacation time during Q3, according to the survey conducted at DEFCON by Tufin Technologies, a vendor of security management applications." }-
Story (http://securitywatch.eweek.com/exploits_and_attacks/survey_hackers_on_vacation_before_q4_saturation.html?kc=rss)
I guess that at the end they are humans too and need some rest. ;)
Posted by Matthew Hines
August 26, 2009
Malware and spam rates may not be on the decline, but a survey of hackers attending the DEFCON 17 conference in Las Vegas earlier this month found that many members of the underground cyber-economy work less during Q3 before ramping up their efforts again during Q4 ahead of the holiday season.
Experts have noted for years that attacks seem to take off once the summer ends and college kids go back to school, but even the post-graduate hacker set appears to take some vacation time during Q3, according to the survey conducted at DEFCON by Tufin Technologies, a vendor of security management applications." }-
Story (http://securitywatch.eweek.com/exploits_and_attacks/survey_hackers_on_vacation_before_q4_saturation.html?kc=rss)
I guess that at the end they are humans too and need some rest. ;)