It's like evolution where the results depend on the environment. Currently, its inputs are "corporate america" and "hackers". Result, "security professional". Let's see what the future will bring.
On 8/4/07, HACK THE GOV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the bbc has the balls to call them hackers and not security > researchers, its about time the security media journalists woke up and > followed suit with the bbc. > > blackhat is a hacker conference, the folks releasing information aren't > security researchers, they are hackers through and through. > > its people like securityfocus and cnet that try and give hackers > legitimacy to release their information and tools by calling them > security researchers. > > the security media need to get their wording correct in terms of > describing these people, trust me they'll be a revolution one day. > > for years i have read news sites and cringed at how much hackers are > given fancy titles like security and vulnerability researcher, kids > lets get down to it here ok, just incase you aren't on top of it, > these people are hackers. > > people like hd moore are elite hackers that the government are scared > of, lets not dress them up with any other title, the security media > seem to dress them up and soften them up for public consumption in > news articles for the non security savvy joe average to read. > > the bbc should be hailed and get a standing ovation as the leading > media news outlet in the world and should be a sign for others at > securityfocus and cnet to take note of for future coverage of security > current affairs. > > why are securityfocus and cnet lying to their readers about what and > who these people are? they are hackers. > > we need to put the word hacker back where it belongs instead of > letting the uneducated crowd continue to call crackers and script kids > "hackers". > > you don't hear much of the word cracker and script kid in the media > now do you, they are called cyber criminals or hi-tech criminals now. > *lol* > > i guess going to blackhat and releasing tools for the cyber criminals > to use isn't criminal in its self. > > like i said, they'll be a revolution one day. > > we don't even call them blackhats, even though they are at blackhat > security conference, and what are whitehats doing giving talks at a > blackhat hacker conference? oh its just a name, it doesn't mean > anything, *lol*. > > link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6929258.stm > > team n3td3v > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > -- tmp
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