Hacker Group Declares War On The Security Industry

[Peaches]

14 July 2009, 13:17

Hacker group declares war on the security industry

Anti-Sec, an ominous sounding hacker group, has pulled another attention-grabbing stunt. In last week's hack of US image host ImageShack, the group dismissed the policy of full-disclosure of vulnerabilities, an essential piece of policy in the eyes of many security specialists, as playing into the hands of the security industry. The group believes that the security industry uses full disclosure and the publication of exploits only as "scare-tactics to convince people into buying their firewalls, anti-virus software and auditing services."

Anti-Sec has been attracting attention over the last several weeks using website hacks. They redirected all images on ImageShack to their pamphlet. The group has openly attacked security-related websites such as astalavista.com, accusing the individuals running the site of charlatanism. The hacks have also led to rumours that the group is in possession of a zero day exploit for OpenSSH.

Heise security - http://www.h-online.com/security/Hacker-gr...y--/news/113758

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