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Hackers are increasingly turning to automated software tools to launch attacks. According to research from Imperva, more than 60 per cent of SQL injection attacks and as many as 70 per cent of Remote File Inclusion attacks (the two most common attack types) are automated. Remote File Inclusion attacks allows hackers to plant …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    If at first you fail, the judicial system will learn you

    Try, try, try again until you get caught, prosecuted and sent to prison for ten years.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Low hanging fruit

    ..is all they typically catch.

    Unless you can point out a high quality hacker that has been taken down?

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    The more the merrier

    It's always fun at the Iron bar Hotel, so I hear.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    >Havij means "carrot" in Farsi, which is also the slang word for penis in Iran.

    Penis Attack Alert! We're all fucked!

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  5. Crisp

    Well there's no point in re-inventing the wheel.

    It's knowing exactly how those tools work and how to use them that separates the men from the boys.

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  6. ukgnome
    Black Helicopters

    It seems strange that in the world of automation that an automated tool would be regarded as second rate.

    As this article clearly states, when an automated process is used by highly skilled individuals it is more effective.

    Afterall you can hammer a screw into wood, but an electric screwdriver will be more efficient

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  7. mark 63 Silver badge

    whats new

    I dont think theres anything new here - those with little to no skill use tools and scripts , those with more skills use them better.

    Communication and sharing of techniques and tools has been hacker ethos from day 1

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  8. TakeTheSkyRoad

    Maybe the script kiddies just got older and stayed lazy ?

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  9. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Script Kiddie =/= Hacker

    If the hackers are getting lazy using script kiddie tools, the script kiddies will start calling themselves hackers.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Script Kiddie =/= Hacker

      Don't the skiddies already call themselves 'hackers'? Seems a bit late to try to prevent something that has already been happening for years.

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  10. Maurice Tate
    Pirate

    Deception is the soul of war

    They're also quite useful if you want to look like something you're not - which, when wouldn't you?

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