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One in four hackers runs Opera to ward off other criminals
Closed Published September 1st, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Opera, Security
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. One-in-four hackers runs Opera to ward off other criminals
